On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:29 PM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > Nathan Hartman wrote on Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:59 +00:00: > > <p>For example, suppose that <tt>$SVN_EDITOR</tt> is set as follows:</p> > > > > <pre>SVN_EDITOR='vim -N' > > export SVN_EDITOR > > </pre> > > Should this read «SVN_EDITOR='vim -N --'»?
Probably. Else, a filename that starts with '-' would cause problems with vim. But: > (Or we could change the C code > to add the "--" between the editor command and the filename, but that might > break somebody's proverbial spacebar heating.) I don't think we should do that because an editor that doesn't support a "--" option could have problems. I don't see it in nano's manpage on my debian box for example. Cheers, Nathan
