[Zope] Solution: External Edit and cygwin under W2k
Warnes, Gregory R
gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:01:38 -0400
Oops, you can drop the "& echo HI! ; sleep 10; exit" part of the command.
That was left over from debugging ;^)
The corrected zopeedit.bat file is then:
@echo off
C:
chdir \cygwin\bin
START /MIN bash --login -c '~/zopeedit.py \'%1\' &'
-Greg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warnes, Gregory R [mailto:gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 1:18 PM
> To: 'Casey Duncan'
> Cc: 'zope@zope.org'
> Subject: [Zope] Solution: External Edit and cygwin under W2k
>
>
>
> Here is the necessary magic to use External Editor's zopeedit.py with
> cygwin's python and xemacs under W2K:
>
> 1) Put zopeedit.py in your cygwin home directory (or edit the
> location in
> the zopeedit.bat file).
>
>
> 2) In C:/cygwin/zopeedit.bat put:
>
> @echo off
>
> C:
> chdir \cygwin\bin
>
> START /MIN bash --login -c '~/zopeedit.py \'%1\' & echo
> HI! ; sleep
> 10; exit'
>
> 3) In ~/.zope-external-edit put:
>
> editor=xemacs
>
> 4) Set up your web browser and/or file associations per the usual
> instructions to run
>
> C:\cygwin\zopeedit.bat
>
> ---
>
> Notes:
>
> 1- the escaped single quotes: Without these "C:\temp\file.ext" gets
> mangled to "C:tempfile.ext" before zopeedit.py gets it. It
> took a bit of
> fiddling to find this oh-so-simple solution. I also tried
> using pythonw and
> launching cygwin's xemacs from that. Unfortunately, I
> couldn't find a way
> to keep the filename from getting mangled that way.
>
> 2- START /MIN: there doesn't seem to be a way to prevent a
> command window
> from hanging around as long as zopeedit.py and the associated
> xemacs window
> are running. With START /MIN, though, the window is at least
> minimized.
>
> -Greg
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Casey Duncan [mailto:casey_duncan@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:49 PM
> > To: Warnes, Gregory R
> > Subject: RE: zopeeditor
> >
> >
> > You should be able to launch python inside cygwin
> > somehow. I must say that cygwin is the only thing that
> > makes Windows bearable... Good luck to you.
> >
> > -Casey
> >
> > --- "Warnes, Gregory R"
> > <gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the V0.3. I've managed to get it working
> > > on Windows for Notepad
> > > and WinEdt, but haven't yet figured out what magic
> > > is necessary to get it to
> > > work with my cygwin-based XEmacs. When I get that
> > > working, I'll email you
> > > the ritual incantation and you can add it to your
> > > docs...
> > >
> > > -Greg
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Casey Duncan [mailto:casey_duncan@yahoo.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:17 AM
> > > > To: Warnes, Gregory R
> > > > Subject: Re: zopeeditor
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For one, don't put quotes in the config file. I
> > > also
> > > > think tmpnam is broken on WIndows. try hard-coding
> > > the
> > > > temp directoy.
> > > >
> > > > Other than that good luck. I know waitpid is
> > > broken on
> > > > Windows too. That is why I am going to write a
> > > helper
> > > > app specifically for Windows using the windows
> > > > scripting host.
> > > >
> > > > -Casey
> > > >
> > > > --- "Warnes, Gregory R"
> > > > <gregory_r_warnes@groton.pfizer.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi, I've just been playing around trying to get
> > > > > zopeeditor working on the
> > > > > windows box. (I mostly use Windows as an xterm
> > > +
> > > > > local Mozilla +
> > > > > MS-Outook). I see that there is some code to
> > > try
> > > > > to make it work on win32,
> > > > > but I'm having no luck.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to get things working from the
> > > command
> > > > > line -- then onto Mozilla.
> > > > > I've download a zope object 'test' and then run
> > > > > python zopeedit.py test
> > > > > I'm getting errors.
> > > > >
> > > > > When I have (in the config file)
> > > > > editor="Notepad"
> > > > > editor="C:\\winnt\\system32\\notepad.exe"
> > > > > I always get:
> > > > > FATAL ERROR:
> > > > > Editor not found at "None"
> > > > >
> > > > > When I have editor commented out, it hangs with
> > > this
> > > > > output:
> > > > > C:\cygwin\tmp>python zopeedit.py test
> > > > > zopeedit.py:104: RuntimeWarning: tmpnam is a
> > > > > potential security risk
> > > > > to your pro
> > > > > gram
> > > > > body_file = '%s-%s' % (os.tmpnam(),
> > > body_file)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > -Greg
> > > > >
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