On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 09:06:12PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
> I can confirm roxterm works with vi as enternal editor in Sylpheed:
> roxterm -e vi '%s'
> For some reason it opens very small but that is a wart that I can live
> with for now.
Noticed that too -- probaby worth fil
On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 05:34:32PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote:
>> Does anyone have a recommended work-around?
>
> AFAIK the only workaround would be in the program itself -- it would
> have to know to wait for something _other_ than the pro
On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 05:34:32PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote:
> Does anyone have a recommended work-around?
AFAIK the only workaround would be in the program itself -- it would
have to know to wait for something _other_ than the process
termination.
> I know gnome-terminal is "special" so per
I have been using this external editor command for the Sylpheed mailer:
gnome-terminal --disable-factory -x vim '%s'
This allows launching a terminal with vi so that I can capture shell
command output, edit things with vi and insert files and such. This is
a very powerful and important feature.
