Re: tlf and the nano editor

[Joop Stakenborg]

Hi Tom,


it works okay for the :edit command, but you need to change the code for 
both the :set and :cfg commands (which allows editing of logcfg.dat), 
they both start the joe editor, even though I have EDITOR=nano in 
logcfg.dat.

The code is in changepars.c

Thanks,

Joop

Op 22-11-19 om 20:19 schreef Thomas Beierlein:
> 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.