On Friday 22 November 2002 14:53, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > Apparently, John Allen recently wrote: > > Starts a text mode vim when I try to checkin. > > > > Current cooker version is cvs-1.11.2-2mdk > > Working version from 8.2 cvs-1.11.1-10mdk > > What exactly is the bug? CVS is supposed to start vi by default to have to > write the commit log message when you do a commit/import/etc. > > Or maybe it is ignoring your EDITOR environment and starting vim anyway? > > I'm not saying you didn't find a bug, but just that saying CVS starts vi > sure sounds like it's normal behavior if no other context is given. =)
More info. $ EDITOR="gvim -f" $ cvs commit gvim starts and I type my comment Shift ZZ in gvim Log message unchanged or not specified a)bort, c)ontinue, e)dit, !)reuse this message unchanged for remaining dirs Action: (continue) Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal Then vim starts in the console, cvs is dead, and I have #cvs.lock files left in the repository. -- John Allen, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
