Thanks for the help. The gritty details to get BBedit to be the editor for crontab -e are....
create a shell script (e.g. bbeditFix.sh) #!/bin/sh #fix so I can use bbedit as crontab editor # in .bash_profile EDITOR=~/bbeditFix.sh # bbedit -w "$@" chmod 700 bbeditFix.sh set EDITOR env variable in .bash_profile ..... EDITOR=~/bbeditFix.sh export EDITOR ..... And finally from BBedit 9.5.1 release notes (http://www.barebones.com/ support/bbedit/current_notes.html) use defaults shell command to set SaveSavesDisabled to YES defaults write com.barebones.bbedit Filing:SafeSavesDisabled -bool YES crontab -e should pop you into bbedit and you can make changes that will be saved properly On Sep 10, 8:00 pm, Gary Leydon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey thanks so much, that was more than precise. I'm sure I can find it > when I get back to work, thanks for taking the time and sharing your > knowledge. > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Carlton Gibson > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know the answer to this, but because I'm away from the Mac I can't put it > > to hand just now. > > > Basically, there's an expert preference you have to turn off that was new > > in 9.5 > > > It's called something like "safe-saves". > > > If you go to Help you cam get to the latest release notes and it will tell > > you there. > > > Sorry I can't be more precise. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 10 Sep 2010, at 19:53, gbl <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> OS X 10.6.4 > >> BBedit 9.5.1 > > >> can't seem to get bbedit to edit a crontab even after doing what man > >> bbedit suggests > > >> ~/bbeditFix.sh > > >> #!/bin/sh > >> bbedit -w "$@" > > >> chmod 744 bbeditFix.sh > > >> .bash_profile > >> EDITOR=~/bbeditFix.sh > > >> crontab -e #runs bbedit I make changes save from bbedit and shell > >> puts up: > > >> crontab: temp file must be edited in place > > >> In BBedit prefs tried turning off Automatically refresh documents as > >> they change on disk : this had no effect > > >> under Text Files make backup before saving is NOT checked > > >> any ideas? > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >> "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> > >> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, > >> please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > >> Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> > > If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, > > please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
