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Re: git refuses to work with gvim

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Oct 12, 2009, 14:13 UTC
Message-ID
<20091012141334.GE9261@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<vpq8wfgg4u1.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:
> The problem is that gvim returns immediately
...
> (BTW, this is in no way specific to Git, 99% applications calling
> $EDITOR will expect the same behavior)
The sad part is, every gvim user blames Git.

Every single one of my coworkers who uses Linux had gvim as their default $EDITOR and found git commit working sometimes, and not working others. Since git was new to them, they blamed git, not their $EDITOR. They also felt insulted when I told them their $EDITOR was busted and should be replaced.

Someone needs to whack gvim upside the head and fix that program to behave correctly.

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. sebastian@coli.uni-sb.deOct 12, 2009
  2. Matthieu MoyOct 12, 2009
  3. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2009
  4. Felipe ContrerasOct 12, 2009
  5. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2009
  6. Felipe ContrerasOct 12, 2009
  7. Joshua RoysOct 12, 2009
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