From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tait Subject: Re: using gvim as editor on Windows Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 23:37:29 -0800 Message-ID: <20100306073729.GN2480@ece.pdx.edu> References: <20100306070628.GM2480@ece.pdx.edu> <8c9a061003052322v446acddbm5792038af450d0b9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jacob Helwig X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Mar 06 08:37:48 2010 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nnoa3-00060m-Kq for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:37:47 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752059Ab0CFHhc (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:37:32 -0500 Received: from rcpt.cat.pdx.edu ([131.252.208.107]:34412 "EHLO rcpt.cat.pdx.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751381Ab0CFHhc (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:37:32 -0500 Received: from nemo.ece.pdx.edu (root@nemo.ece.pdx.edu [131.252.209.162]) by rcpt.cat.pdx.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2/Debian-2build1) with ESMTP id o267bTnG010094 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 5 Mar 2010 23:37:29 -0800 Received: from nemo.ece.pdx.edu (tait@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nemo.ece.pdx.edu (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o267bTkW026788; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 23:37:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from tait@localhost) by nemo.ece.pdx.edu (8.13.6/8.12.6/Submit) id o267bT2o026787; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 23:37:29 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: nemo.ece.pdx.edu: tait set sender to git.git@t41t.com using -f Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8c9a061003052322v446acddbm5792038af450d0b9@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (rcpt.cat.pdx.edu [131.252.208.107]); Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:37:29 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=6.0 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on rcpt.cat.pdx.edu X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at rcpt.cat.pdx.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: > > I'd prefer to use gvim as an editor on Windows XP instead of vim... > > start "dummy" /b /wait "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe" %* > > Use the -f (stay in the foreground) flag. I haven't tried this in > Windows, but that's how I've used it in Linux. > > [core] > editor = gvim -f On Windows, gvim -f is basically a shortcut for the start invocation I pasted above. It works well enough for commit, but not for rebase (or alternately, for rebase -- so long as it doesn't open an editor for git commit -- but not commit). Tait