Ok, in the fileman API, I find the function EN^DIWE. And it lists the input variables to that function. Is it safe to assume that all these same variables would be available to a custom editor call? I.e. to the pre-execute code etc.?
If so, then the pseudocode would be something like this -- write global to file -- call $zsystem "vim editfile" -- read file back to global I may try this one of these days... Kevin --- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Look in the Fileman manual under ^DIWE. Basically, > WP fields are > expected to be stored in globals, but to use an > external editor, you > will probably need to copy the contests to a scatch > (host) file, edit > it, and then load it into a global again. Kernel > provides utilities to > do this, but th enaming conventions, device > paramaters, etc., will vary > from platform to platform and editor to editor. > > Again...remember that VistA was designed to run on a > number of > platforms, so the way it does things is not always > as efficient as it > could be. > > --- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to an alternate editor as well. > > > > When in look in the ALTERNATE EDITOR file, I see > the > > entries that Ismet posted earlier. Here is the > data > > for these files: > > > > ACTIVATION CODE FROM DIWE: > > ------------------------- > > XTENSIBLE EDITOR: D > > ENTRY^RGED(DIG,$G(DIWETXT),$G(DIWESUB)) > > SCREEN EDITOR: D ^DDW > > KERMIT LOAD: S XTKDIC=DIC D RECEIVE^XTKERMIT > > > > Thus there doesn't seem to be comman pattern for > the > > pre-execute code. Where could I learn more about > how > > to set up for the external editor, and how to load > > changed back into VistA? > > > > Kevin > > > > > > --- Gregory Woodhouse > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > There is an ALTERNATE EDITOR file (I think I got > the > > > name right) that > > > provides a platform independent mechanism for > > > invoking editors (much > > > as the DEVICE file provides a platform > independent > > > mechanism for > > > working with devices. VistA on GT.M may or may > not > > > invoke ZEDIT > > > "under the hood". Remember that one of the roles > of > > > Kernel is to > > > abstract away from platform dependencies and > > > software written for > > > VistA shouldn't ever need to use platform > specific > > > commands, nor > > > should users (in principle, at least) need to be > > > concerned about the > > > underlying platform. > > > > > > === > > > Gregory Woodhouse > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one > has > > > data." > > > --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 6, 2005, at 6:16 AM, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > > > > > > > Ismet -- > > > > > > > > Set the EDITOR environment variable before > > > starting GT.M to point > > > > to any editor. When ZEDIT "function" is > invoked > > > from inside GT.M, > > > > it will start the editor pointed to by > $EDITOR, > > > e.g.: > > > > > > > > source /usr/local/gtm/gtmprofile > > > > export EDITOR=`which vim` > > > > mumps -dir > > > > GTM>ZEDIT "XYZ" > > > > > > > > I am not sure, however, whether VistA invokes > an > > > editor with > > > > ZEDIT. I don't know why it is presenting > VMSEDT > > > as a choice for > > > > GT.M on Linux. What happens if you take that > > > choice? > > > > > > > > -- Bhaskar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy > Games. > > > How far can you shotput > > > a projector? 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