On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Toby Allsopp <toby.alls...@navman.co.nz> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 29 2008, Shai wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have gvim installed and when I do: > > $ crontab -e > > gvim opens up my crontab. > > > > But, it opens it as readonly and saving it requires wq! but then when > > it exits, I see: > > $ crontab.exe -e > > crontab: no changes made to crontab > > EDITOR="gvim -f" > > Without the -f, gvim runs in the background and crontab see it exit > immediately without making any changes. > > Regards, > Toby.
Hi Toby, If I use your method, I get this when I try and save the file in gvim: E45: 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override) Shai -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/