Re: [RFC] Indicate that Git waits for user input via editor

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Nov 15, 2017, 17:51 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kaqyRTaj6=-7Jmb1K6_aSH5-BaEhm7PPyRgJLsHuDF-tw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <274B4850-2EB7-4BFA-A42C-25A573254969@gmail.com>

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> Git gathers user input via text editor in certain commands (e.g. "git commit").
> If you configure a text based editor, such as vi, then this works great as the
> editor is opened in your terminal window in the foreground and in focus.
>
> However, if you configure an editor that runs outside your terminal window then
> you might run into the following problem:
> Git opens the editor but the editor is the background or on another screen and
> consequently you don't see the editor. You only see the Git command line
> interface which appears to hang.
>
> I wonder if would make sense to print "Opening editor for user input..." or
> something to the screen to make the user aware of the action. Does this sound
> sensible to you? Am I missing an existing solution to this problem?

Can this be put in a wrapper that opens the text editor? The wrapper would print these lines and then open the text editor; depending on the operating system, there might even be a command to focus on that editor window.

Regarding Git, maybe improve the documentation for how to set the editor variable?

>
> Thanks,
> Lars