On Sun, Apr 04, 2021 at 11:43:06PM +0100, Gerard Lally wrote: > 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.
no problem (report bugs) > 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 -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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