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Re: Zile as git core editor?

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Apr 26, 2013, 08:57 UTC
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Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
> BTW - would 'git config --global core.editor zile' or 'git config
> --global core.editor /usr/bin/zile' the right way to set it (both did
> not work)? I can start Zile simply with 'zile' on the command line.

What do you mean by "did not work"? Does the launching fail? Or is another editor launched?

Try:
GIT_TRACE=true git commit -a
to see what's going on.
BTW, you may also try "emacs -nw -Q" instead of zile.
-- 
Matthieu Moy
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