Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 20:27:55 +0100 From: Mathieu Arnold <arn_mat@club-internet.fr> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs: *** empty log message *** when using gvim as editor Message-ID: <3C13BB3B.4BB52BF6@club-internet.fr> References: <20011209151501.GA5603@titan.klemm.gtn.com>
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Andreas Klemm wrote: > > Had CVS problem, i.e.: empty log message, when committing > changes using CVS, when using gvim as my editor. > > Why is gvim different to vi, when it comes to use it as > vi replacement under CVS environment ??? > > How can I tweak gvim and/or CVS to use it as my main EDITOR ? > > When I committed something to my cvs repository on www.apsfilter.org, > I got an empty commit message as result. CVS already announced it > to me when committing, and I wasn't sure if I should proceed or > terminate ... Finally I had to manually hack my log message into > the CVS files directly .... > > I remember having similar problems when using gvim under > knews... gvim detatch itself from the terminal, isn't it ? you'll need to use the -f option. -- Mathieu Arnold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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