On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 10:20 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 14:16 +0530, Bharath wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 00:18 -0400, Jacob Beard wrote: > > > Hi, I've just started using Evolution, and I'm wondering if it's > > > possible to use gvim to edit my emails? The only reference I could > > > find to gvim on the evolution site was here: > > > > > > http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/meeting-logs/2007-10-31.shtml > > > > > > Please let me know. Thanks, > > > > A reworked External Editor plugin is now committed > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567145 > > > > This is available as part of 2.27.1, as an experimental plugin. It can > > be moved to the standard ones now I guess. Srini, Matt?? > > > > Regards, > > --Bharath > > > > This is very cool -- thank you. > > Two questions > > On invocation of the external editor, would it be possible to pass > line/column information to the external editor so that the cursor would be > positioned in the same location as in the composer? > > EX: > gvim -f +call cursor($line,$col) > > And, could the plugin utilize a constant prefix for the gvim tmp file ala > /tmp/.evo4XRLUU rather than just /tmp/.4XLRUU ( the /tmp/.4XLRUU is the tmp > file name created for this email -- used as an example) That way, users can > set their [g]vimrc file to recognize the files as emails ala... > > " set up syntax highlighting for my e-mail > au BufRead,BufNewFile > .followup,.article,.letter,/tmp/.evo*,/tmp/pico*,nn.*,snd.*,/tmp/mutt* :set > ft=mail > > I'll try to find a few minutes to look through the plugin code and see if > it's something that I might be able to provide a patch[es] for. > > thanks, > reid > > > >
Is it possible to determine plain text row and column position from an EMsgComposer *composer object? thanks, reid _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
