Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-30 Thread Fernando Basso
On Sep 30, 5:43 am, Calon wrote: > Tried on Windows, got the same error message when press Ctrl+E. > Then drag External Editor icon to the toolbar, and click the new icon, it > just works fine. Since I didn't see any "Installation" instructions in the page, I assumed I'd just install it as any ot

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-30 Thread Axel Bender
Thanks for your input, Calon. This in fact does the trick (still an error in the plugin); I would never have tried this myself... Have a nice weekend -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more informati

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-30 Thread Calon
Tried on Windows, got the same error message when press Ctrl+E. Then drag External Editor icon to the toolbar, and click the new icon, it just works fine. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Fernando Basso wrote: > > > On Sep 29, 9:46 am, Reid Thompson wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 04:55 -0700,

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-30 Thread Axel Bender
Not working here (Windows 2003, Thunderbird 7.0, exteditor 1.0). Same error in JS Console. This seems to be an error in the plugin; even when using "notepad" as the text editor, it would not get called (verified with procmon). => Faulty plugin; nothing to do with GVim. This returns us to the o

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Sep 28, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Fernando Basso wrote: > I simply cannot stand any other editor anymore. There is no life after > vim. Do you know about this? http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/quickcursor Or this? [Only for gmail, though. http://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-29 Thread Fernando Basso
On Sep 29, 9:46 am, Reid Thompson wrote: > On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 04:55 -0700, Fernando Basso wrote: > > I'm running linux (arch linux). I tried with > > you may have already tried this and or it may not help, but ... > > try running thunderbird from the command line and attempt to use the > exte

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-29 Thread Reid Thompson
On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 04:55 -0700, Fernando Basso wrote: > I'm running linux (arch linux). I tried with you may have already tried this and or it may not help, but ... try running thunderbird from the command line and attempt to use the external editor and see if there are any valid error messag

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-29 Thread Fernando Basso
On Sep 28, 8:31 pm, Reid Thompson wrote: > i didn't catch whether you noted windows or linux -- i can state that > windows thunderbird 7.0 does work for me BUT only if the call to gvim > uses the '-f' parameter.  The '--no-fork' parameter gives an error for > me.    I have the full path declared

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Reid Thompson
On 9/28/2011 7:18 AM, Fernando Basso wrote: I really want to find a way to use vim as my default email editor. I have been using thunderbird for a reasonable amount of time now, and I stumbled through this "external editor" thunderbird plubin. However, it seems not to be working with recent versi

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Fernando Basso
On Sep 28, 3:27 pm, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > Try setting your External Editor preferences to call gvim with not only > --nofork (or -f) but also a full path, i.e., not just > >         gvim --nofork > > but something like > >         /usr/local/bin/gvim -f > or >         C:\PROGRA~1\vim\vim73\

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On 28/09/11 17:50, Fernando Basso wrote: On Sep 28, 10:58 am, Quincy Bowers wrote: Make sure you setup External Editor to call 'gvim --nofork' or it won't work properly. Other than that I can't imagine what would be wrong. It still doesn't work. Even using gvim --nofork. Try setting you

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Grahame Blackwood
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 05:18 PM, Marcin Szamotulski wrote: > from: Marcin Szamotulski > date: Wed, Sep 28 05:18 PM +01:00 2011 > to: vim_use@googlegroups.com > reply-to: vim_use@googlegroups.com > subject: Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor > > On 04:18 Wed

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Marcin Szamotulski
On 04:18 Wed 28 Sep , Fernando Basso wrote: > I really want to find a way to use vim as my default email editor. I > have been using thunderbird for a reasonable amount of time now, and I > stumbled through this "external editor" thunderbird plubin. However, > it seems not to be working with re

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Fernando Basso
On Sep 28, 11:32 am, David Ohlemacher wrote: > Have you seen these? > -http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/teledactyl > -http://vimperator.org/muttator They seem fine, although I'd prefer to edit in 'real' vim. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. I was aware of vimperator, but not the other. -- You re

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Fernando Basso
On Sep 28, 10:58 am, Quincy Bowers wrote: > Make sure you setup External Editor to call 'gvim --nofork' or it won't work > properly.  Other than that I can't imagine what would be wrong. It still doesn't work. Even using gvim --nofork. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Quincy Bowers
I have not used either of those before. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 08:32, David Ohlemacher wrote: > ** > Have you seen these? > - http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/teledactyl > - http://vimperator.org/muttator > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread David Ohlemacher
Have you seen these? - http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/teledactyl - http://vimperator.org/muttator -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Quincy Bowers
Make sure you setup External Editor to call 'gvim --nofork' or it won't work properly. Other than that I can't imagine what would be wrong. Quincy On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 07:42, Fernando Basso wrote: > > > On Sep 28, 9:45 am, Quincy Bowers wrote: > > I am using External Editor with Thunderbird

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Fernando Basso
On Sep 28, 9:45 am, Quincy Bowers wrote: > I am using External Editor with Thunderbird 6.02 and everything is working > just fine.  I would check to see if you have the latest updates for the > plugin. I got the plugin from here: http://globs.org/download.php?lng=en I never tried this pl

Re: Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Quincy Bowers
I am using External Editor with Thunderbird 6.02 and everything is working just fine. I would check to see if you have the latest updates for the plugin. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more info

Vim as default email (thunderbird) editor

2011-09-28 Thread Fernando Basso
I really want to find a way to use vim as my default email editor. I have been using thunderbird for a reasonable amount of time now, and I stumbled through this "external editor" thunderbird plubin. However, it seems not to be working with recent versions of thunderbird. So, I was pondering, "wel