Re: Why doesn't this do what I expect?

2022-11-10 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:55:49 + Chris Green wrote: > I have a file, called .editfile which contains just a filename, e.g.:- > > chris$ cat .editfile > /srv/wiki/data/pages/telecoms/umidigi.txtchris$ > chris$ > > When I open the file with vile or xvile I see (as expected) the >

Re: Why doesn't this do what I expect?

2022-11-10 Thread Paul Fox
chris wrote: > > > ... and that's exactly what I have done which works. I was just > hoping I might be able to get rid of the (admittedly pretty trivial) > script. Nothing wrong with exporing the limits of your tools! =-- paul fox, p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington,

Re: Why doesn't this do what I expect?

2022-11-10 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 03:50:23PM -0500, Paul Fox wrote: > chris wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 08:58:14PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > vile `cat ^Xe .zot` where .zot contains .bashrc and vile opens .bashrc. > > > > > > ^X = ctrl-V+ctrl-X > > > > > Sadly this won't help me as

Re: Why doesn't this do what I expect?

2022-11-10 Thread Paul Fox
chris wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 08:58:14PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > vile `cat ^Xe .zot` where .zot contains .bashrc and vile opens .bashrc. > > > > ^X = ctrl-V+ctrl-X > > > Sadly this won't help me as I'm trying to run this from a panel > launcher button in [x]ubuntu, thus

Re: Why doesn't this do what I expect?

2022-11-10 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:20:52 + Chris Green wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 08:58:14PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:55:49 + > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > I have a file, called .editfile which contains just a filename, e.g.:- > > > > > > chris$ cat

Re: Why doesn't this do what I expect?

2022-11-10 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 08:58:14PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:55:49 + > Chris Green wrote: > > > I have a file, called .editfile which contains just a filename, e.g.:- > > > > chris$ cat .editfile > > /srv/wiki/data/pages/telecoms/umidigi.txtchris$ > >

Re: Why doesn't this do what I expect?

2022-11-10 Thread Gary Jennejohn
On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:55:49 + Chris Green wrote: > I have a file, called .editfile which contains just a filename, e.g.:- > > chris$ cat .editfile > /srv/wiki/data/pages/telecoms/umidigi.txtchris$ > chris$ > > When I open the file with vile or xvile I see (as expected) the >