what about a script? here is a script i wrote in 5 min. you are missing the "if" to check if the file is read only, i don't know what program can test that, but i am sure others know(p.s i used bash): #!/bin/sh PATH=/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin MAILTO=root MAIL=/bin/mail CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvs/master cvs update $1 cvs edit $1 vi $1
* - * - * Tzahi Fadida MSc Student Information System Engineering Area Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Technion City, Haifa, Israel 32000 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erez Doron > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:15 PM > To: Ilug > Subject: vi question > > > hi > > i am using a version control software > i want vi to automatically checkout a file whenver i try to edit it > while it is read-only. > this includes running a command line, then reloading the file (because > the date changes when i checkout the file), then let me edit it. > > i want all to be automatically ( e.g. when i change the file) > > how do i do that ( or part of it ) ? > > > cheers, > erez > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
