On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:48:49PM -0500, Michael Sanders wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:19:28PM -0700, Duke Normandin wrote:
> > Do I have to put a %<something> like "set editor = "joe %s"?
> > And yes, Joe is in the $PATH.
> >
> Have you tried
> set editor="joe -switches"
>
> I don't think you want the %s.
I suppose I should have indicated that I was using %s as an example
only. %<??> as the wildcard for the filename being passed to Joe -
is there such a wildcard? Is it needed?
As for the "switches" for Joe -- hell there just to configure Joe!
Nothing to do with what's being passed to it.
Any idea why I'm having so much trouble calling an external editor?
Can you recommend a cygwin-specific editor other than vim? Tia..
-duke
