Thank you, Thomas. xvile -fork does the trick.
So does xterm -e vile. What confused me a little was that I was entering vile in Joplin's "Text Editor" box where I should have entered xterm instead. -e vile of course goes in the "Arguments" box, not the editor box. Thanks again. Gerard Lally On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 at 23:51, Thomas Dickey <dic...@his.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:49:57PM +0100, Gerard Lally wrote: > > Hi. > > > > It is possible to edit notes in the Joplin notes app using an external > > editor. Unfortunately, xvile freezes when I try to do so. > > > > joplinapp dot org > > > > No cursor, scrollbar or menus appear either. How to start troubleshooting? > > hmm - some library conflict, perhaps. I'd make joplin run a shell script > which calls the actual binary xvile, using the shell script to run strace > (to see what files it opens, including the shared libraries). > > Making xvile fork on startup might be a workaround: > > xvile -fork > > > I'm happy to edit using vile + xterm instead, if I know the magic formula! > > xterm -e vile whatever > > > Tested on Slackware 14.2 and -current, and also on Debian -testing. > > All fully patched, and vile + xvile installed from Slackbuilds / > > Debian repos. > > > > Gerard Lally > > > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> > https://invisible-island.net > ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
