From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:10:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Allow using arguments to the editor.
Message-ID: <20090219081055.GB21499@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <1234964869-11159-1-git-send-email-rhonda@deb.at>

Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at> wrote:
> When setting the EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable, one might want
> to hand over arguments (like e.g. for not backgrounding a GUI editor but
> waiting for it to finish. This patch enables that posibility, before it
> did look for a program with the content of the variable, including the
> space as filename part. The change is in sync with regular behavior with
> various other tools, git itself included.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>

Hi Gerfried,

I wanted to do something like this a few weeks ago, but generically
enough to be used by other scripts (sh/perl/python/ruby/whatever...).

I haven't had time to follow up on it (and decide on a command-name),
but the thread starts here:

  http://mid.gmane.org/20090201025349.GA22160@dcvr.yhbt.net

-- 
Eric Wong