On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 08:37:54PM -0500, Curtis wrote:
> SL> Why would anyone use an MDI editor in the first place? It offers
> SL> only limitations over SDI editors.
> Not editors that offer both MDI and SDI options.
> Anyway, that's a strawman argument there. You're deviating again into an
> argument about MDI versus SDI editors. You haven't answered the query.
No, I haven't. Why would anyone want an MDI editor? They only limit you.
Because of that if you /are/ using an MDI editor it is your own tough luck.
furthermore if your editor doesn't give you an option to save and exit that
buffer with a simple command then it is time to get a better editor or, again,
your own tough luck.
> Anyway, if a 'hook' can be used to open the editor, I don't see why one
> can't be used to close it. I'm not a programmer as you know so please
> clarify for me.
It is easy for a process to start another process. All they have to do is
run it. They cannot, however, directly control that process without a lot of
custom programming on each end of the pipe. The easiest, most practical and
most portable method to use an external editor is to envoke the editor and
wait for a signal of some kind (like the file being updated /and/ being able
to be opened in write mode) before resuming.
Of course in the Unix CLI world they just exec the editor without a fork
first so the parent program pauses until the editor is exited. When the
editor is exited the parent program resumes.
> The reason why I ask is that you cannot hit send until you've close the
> editor. This all points back to my original question about why the send
> action can't be made to close the editor window but from your response I
> guess it can't be done.
Not in a manner that would work with even a minority of editors, no.
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