Ok. I have gotten this working. I created an ALTERNATE EDITOR entry that calls custom code. This code gets the data from the database, writes it to a file. Then launches a linux editor (e.g. joe) to edit the data. When joe is done, the data is put back into the database.
I have documented this here: http://openforum.worldvista.org/~forum/index.php?title=Using_a_linux_editor_inside_VistA Hope it works for you. I am glad to figure this out, because I found the VistA screen editor to be difficult to use. Kevin --- "Ismet Kursunoglu, MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is an ALTERNATE EDITOR file (I think I got > the name right) that > > provides a platform independent mechanism for > invoking editors (much as > > This is what I found. I am running GT.M V5.0-FT01 > Linux x86 (under > debian-pure64 sid with emulation) and VistA > FOIA20050227 from Bhaskar. > > ********** > OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: ALTERNATE EDITOR// > > -A- SEARCH FOR ALTERNATE EDITOR FIELD: ? > Answer with FIELD NUMBER, or LABEL > Choose from: > .01 NAME > 1 ACTIVATION CODE FROM DIWE > 2 OK TO RUN TEST > 3 RETURN TO CALLING EDITOR > 7 DESCRIPTION (word-processing) > > > -A- SEARCH FOR ALTERNATE EDITOR FIELD: > ********** > > Would it be possible to evoke ZEDIT and have it > display for example with > Mailman or for that matter anywhere else in VistA? > I would think not. > > > On Jun 6, 2005, at 6:16 AM, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > > > >> Ismet -- > >> > >> Set the EDITOR environment variable before > starting GT.M to point to > >> any editor. When ZEDIT "function" is invoked > from inside GT.M, it > >> will start the editor pointed to by $EDITOR, > e.g.: > >> > >> source /usr/local/gtm/gtmprofile > >> export EDITOR=`which vim` > >> mumps -dir > >> GTM>ZEDIT "XYZ" > > >> I am not sure, however, whether VistA invokes an > editor with ZEDIT. > >> I don't know why it is presenting VMSEDT as a > choice for GT.M on > >> Linux. What happens if you take that choice? > > That was from the OpenForum server - I am not sure > what systems they are > running under. When I use that it evokes an editor > that looks like this > > Select MailMan Menu Option: SML Send a Message > > Subject: testing > You may enter the text of the message... > 1>This is just a test to see what the VMSEDT > option sets for the editor. > 2> > EDIT Option: ? > Choose, by first letter, a Word Processing > Command > or type a Line Number to edit that line. > EDIT Option: > Send mail to: KURSUNOGLU,ISMET// KURSUNOGLU,ISMET > > > > -- > Ismet B. Kursunoglu, MD, FCCP > Medical Director > Alaska Clinic, LLC > 3750 Country Field Circle, UNIT B > Wasilla, Alaska 99654 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (907)357-7240 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. > How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair > down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the > little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: > http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
