manedit editing a manual item

## Syntax

    manedit(manitem)

## Arguments

manitem

  character string (usually, name of a function)

## Description

`edit(manitem)` opens the xml file associated to `manitem` in the scilab editor.

If there is no xml file associated with `manitem` and `manitem` is the name of a Scilab function, editor opens with the skeleton of the xml file produced by help_skeleton. This file is located in TMPDIR.

## Examples

    manedit('manedit')

    function [x,y,z]=foo123(a,b),
    x=a+b,y=a-b,z=a==b
    endfunction
    manedit foo123

## See also

- help
- help_skeleton