Hi again tony. This worked!!! Cheers!!! On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 9:44:06 AM UTC+1, tony wrote: > > Opps forgot to mention > > Once you create the editor.sh script, make it executable by > > $chmod +x ~/editor.sh > > Then add the path to this editor.sh in the ItsAllText preferences > > Good explanation here: http://iheartryan.com/post/its-all-text > > Best, > tony > On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 12:36:48 AM UTC-8, tony wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> This is what i do to use vim as the editor for long tiddler bodies or run >> a quick s/find/replace/g >> >> Using vim as one editor helps me keep continuity working between >> TiddlyWiki and VimWiki >> >> On windows cygwin, you can call vim directly with the path to the vim.exe >> in the ItsAllText preferences just like you normally do. >> >> I don't remember the path offhand. >> >> but if I'm on my Chromebook running Linux via Crouton >> >> I make a shell script, called say editor.sh >> >> Where editor.sh is >> >> #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal -e "vim '$1'" >> >> I then put the path to this editor.sh script in the ItsAllText >> preferences >> in my case it is >> >> /home/<myusername>/editor.sh >> >> Basically the script just tells the terminal to open vim and is called by >> ItsAllText as set in the preferences. >> >> Depending on your setup you may need to substitute with the name of your >> terminal >> >> Other configs are found here: >> https://github.com/docwhat/itsalltext >> https://docwhat.org/its_all_text_v06/#comment-2054 >> http://iheartryan.com/post/its-all-text >> http://blog.asyd.net/2009/09/using-its-all-text-on-mac-os-x/ >> >> hth >> >> Best, >> tony >> >> >> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 2:11:19 PM UTC-8, kelsang sherab wrote: >>> >>> on linux >>> the whereis command retruns: >>> >>> >>> whereis vim >>>> vim: /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vim.tiny /usr/bin/vim.basic /etc/vim >>>> /usr/share/vim /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz >>>> >>>> >>> the which command returns >>> >>> /usr/bin/vim >>> >>> I added the path to the firefox addon its all text >>> and when i try working with it here's what firefox returns: >>> >>> I ran this command: /usr/bin/vim >>>> /home/sherab/.mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/itsalltext/tiddlywiki.com_.1w1x371h.txt >>>> >>>> ...and it exited with a status of 1. >>>> >>> >>> any ideas what to do? >>> >>> Also any advice on how to use TW with vim? >>> >>> I know there is a plug in but it says to add it to vim/syntax/ >>> and i just cannot find /.vim/syntax. >>> cheers >>> >>> >>> >>>
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