Good news. I found an extremely simple solution here: http://globs.org/thread.php?lng=fr&pg=3099&cat=1
The trick is: 1. open a 'write' session (a new message or a reply) 2. click on the toolbar (= composition toolbar) 3. drag the 'external editor' icon to the toolbar. Obviously, all of this after installing the External Editor add-on and setting (g)vim as external editor. Do not forget the '-f' or '--nofork' flag. That's all. Solved, good to know because vim is my natural environment... guido, from Genoa, Northern Italy -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
