Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] virsh: support VISUAL, and allow metacharacters in EDITOR

2010-03-29 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/13/2010 07:35 AM, Matthias Bolte wrote: > 2010/3/12 Eric Blake : >> Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if >> the editor of choice spawns a new window. Thus, it is also common to >> see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the >> shell wi

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] virsh: support VISUAL, and allow metacharacters in EDITOR

2010-03-15 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 09:50:01AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote: > Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if > the editor of choice spawns a new window. Thus, it is also common to > see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the > shell will parse this a

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] virsh: support VISUAL, and allow metacharacters in EDITOR

2010-03-13 Thread Matthias Bolte
2010/3/12 Eric Blake : > Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if > the editor of choice spawns a new window.  Thus, it is also common to > see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the > shell will parse this as an argument to 'emacs' and not try

[libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] virsh: support VISUAL, and allow metacharacters in EDITOR

2010-03-12 Thread Eric Blake
Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if the editor of choice spawns a new window. Thus, it is also common to see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the shell will parse this as an argument to 'emacs' and not try to invoke a file containing a s