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Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 20:27:55 +0100
From: Mathieu Arnold <arn_mat@club-internet.fr>
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To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.ORG>,
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Subject: Re: cvs: *** empty log message *** when using gvim as editor
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Andreas Klemm wrote:
> 
> Had CVS problem, i.e.: empty log message, when committing
> changes using CVS, when using gvim as my editor.
> 
> Why is gvim different to vi, when it comes to use it as
> vi replacement under CVS environment ???
> 
> How can I tweak gvim and/or CVS to use it as my main EDITOR ?
> 
> When I committed something to my cvs repository on www.apsfilter.org,
> I got an empty commit message as result. CVS already announced it
> to me when committing, and I wasn't sure if I should proceed or
> terminate ... Finally I had to manually hack my log message into
> the CVS files directly ....
> 
> I remember having similar problems when using gvim under
> knews...

gvim detatch itself from the terminal, isn't it ?
you'll need to use the -f option.

-- 
Mathieu Arnold

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