Re: tlf and the nano editor

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi, 

please see the improved version on the same link as yesterday.

From the commit message:

> Improve editor handling
>
>- Uses it also for :CFG and :SET commands
>- Fall back to editor defined in environment if not defined in
>  logcfg.dat
>- Show warning if editor program not found

@nate: I tested it with gedit and gvim -> works. What is emacs doing?


73, de Tom DL1JBE


Am Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:19:53 +0100
schrieb Thomas Beierlein <address@hidden>:

> Hi all,
> 
> as the fixed choice of editors is quite a nuisance I prepared a
> changed version for tests. Please find it at
> https://github.com/dl1jbe/tlf/tree/new_editor
> 
> Download the code and build TLF as told in the INSTALL file. Do not
> forget the 'autoreconf -i' step.
> 
> The new version accepts any string as editor command and will just
> call that program with the logfile name as parameter.
> 
> That means
> 
> EDITOR=my-shiny-editor
> 
> in logcfg.dat will call
> 
> 'my-shiny-editor <logfilename>'
> 
> So a simple EDITOR=nano should do afterwards.
> 
> Please test and give feedback. 
> 
> 73, de Tom DL1JBE
> 
> Am Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:08:52 -0600
> schrieb jim smith <address@hidden>:
> 
> > On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:06:14 +0100
> > Joop Stakenborg <address@hidden> wrote:
> >   
> > > I have gotten used to the GNU nano editor, but it does not seem to
> > > work with tlf. When I type :edit in the callsign field, tlf exits
> > > and returns straight away without opening nano. Both joe and vi
> > > work okay here. It is hard to debug, have to spent some time on it
> > > to see what actually happens. Maybe use gdb with a break added. I
> > > will have a look next week.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 73 de Joop PG4I
> > >     
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Joop,
> > 
> > I don't know if this helps any, but I don't have any problems
> > running nano with tlf on ubuntu 18.04. I have *not* updgraded to
> > tlf 1.4 yet (was going to do that this weekend.  
> 
> 
> 



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