Editor Tab

Purpose

Note

The Editor tab is available on Linux* OS only.

Use this tab in the Options dialog box to specify the editor in which the Intel® Advisor displays source files when you double-click a line in an Intel Advisor source region.

Location

To access this tab: From the Intel Advisor GUI, choose File > Options > Editor.

Controls

Use This	To Do This
External editor for this language: drop-down menu	Select the language for which you will choose an editor: C/C++, Fortran, or Other.
list of available editors on this system	Select the editor (such as gedit) to be associated with the selected language , or choose to allow selection using an environment variable with Text editor set in EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable. Repeat to associate an editor with each language you use. For example, if you choose Text editor set in EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable, you can set the VISUAL environment variable by typing: export VISUAL="/usr/bin/vi -n" When done, click OK.

Use This

To Do This

External editor for this language: drop-down menu

Select the language for which you will choose an editor: C/C++, Fortran, or Other.

list of available editors on this system

Select the editor (such as gedit) to be associated with the selected language , or choose to allow selection using an environment variable with Text editor set in EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable. Repeat to associate an editor with each language you use.

For example, if you choose Text editor set in EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable, you can set the VISUAL environment variable by typing: export VISUAL="/usr/bin/vi -n"

When done, click OK.