Updating procedures

[claudioez]

Dear Ted,

Probably this question came up before but I couldn´t find it. Being a total newbie, I created a GUI (using xpanel) that suited my particular needs for exploratory experiments. I start neuron by loading a set of .hoc files that contain procedures for topology, biophysics, panels, point process, customized graphs, etc. How can I change and update any of the loaded procedures without restarting neuron? I tried reloading the hoc files but this doesn´t produce the desired effect.

Thanks, Claudio.

[ted]

Since hoc is an interpreted language, any procedure or function can be overwritten. Just xopen a file that contains the new definition of the proc or func.

[claudioez]

Thanks Ted, that worked perfectly.