[Users] Terminal vim editor in claws - doesn't return edits to claws
flyingrhino
flyingrhino at orcon.net.nz
Sat Nov 4 07:04:17 CET 2017
Hi fellow claws'ers,
I'm trying to configure terminal vim as my external editor.
Using claws 3.11.1 on Linux Mint 17.3 xfce.
I created a bash file with the content:
xfce4-terminal -x vim -f "$@"
and chmod +x it too.
Now when I go ctrl-shift-x to launch the external editor - vim pops up in a terminal ok.
However when I go :wq to exit vim - my text is gone and the mail is blank.
If I already have partially edited text in claws mail, then go ctrl-shift-x , the text is passed on to terminal vim, but any edits I do are lost upon :wq
Surprisingly -
gvim -f %s
works perfectly !
Please advise where I went wrong.
Thanks,
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