updated to correct some misapprehensions about how well gvim would work as an editor for

svn and git checkins.  answer: not at all well.  no editor that comes back before editing
is complete will work properly for git and svn.

diff --git a/examples/custom_overrides/fred/fred_variables.sh b/examples/custom_overrides/fred/fred_variables.sh
index e7c97e7a57f75f58b68f0f077b995dae443d358f..974171dcd690b34dbc1425a5dbdd755af12b1c17 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/custom_overrides/fred/fred_variables.sh
+++ b/examples/custom_overrides/fred/fred_variables.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ export VISUAL="$(which gvim)"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   export VISUAL="$(which vi)"
 fi
-export EDITOR="$VISUAL"
-
+export EDITOR="$(which vi)"
+# the editors for revision control must wait while document is edited,
+# so gvim and others launched to x window are not appropriate.
+export GIT_EDITOR="$EDITOR"
+export SVN_EDITOR="$EDITOR"
+  
 # this hideous mess is necessitated by our not having found the source of the
 # settings yet.  we override a few colors that look bad on a dark background.
 export LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=01;37:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=41;33;01:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.dll=01;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tbz=00;31:*.tgz=00;35:*.rpm=00;33:*.deb=00;33:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;35:*.zoo=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;35:*.bz2=00;31:*.tb2=00;31:*.tz2=00;31:*.tbz2=00;31:*.avi=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.aiff=00;32:*.au=00;32:*.mid=00;32:*.mp3=00;32:*.ogg=00;32:*.voc=00;32:*.wav=00;32:'

diff --git a/scripts/core/variables.sh b/scripts/core/variables.sh
index c979f320e16da2ce2f36d1226565544510a22af0..d71d6a4302c30d4ffded82c7c0e73095a36a7dd7 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/variables.sh
@@ -119,11 +119,6 @@ if [ -z "$NECHUNG" ]; then
   # names can be added in your customized scripts.
   export REPOSITORY_LIST="feisty_meow"
   
-  # set the editor for subversion if it hasn't already been set.
-  if [ -z "$SVN_EDITOR" ]; then
-    export SVN_EDITOR=$(which gvim)
-  fi
-  
   # initializes the feisty meow build variables, if possible.
   function initialize_build_variables()
   {

diff --git a/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh b/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
index e6bb96811d2bfc132e0b3ef8adee4f196a820953..2065886bb5fee9c9053bd482b057421e4da752b8 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ function launch_screen()
 {
   screen_name="$1"; shift
   app_name="$1"; shift
-  echo "$(mdate): starting $screen_name now..."
+  echo "$(date_stringer): starting $screen_name now..."
   screen -L -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name" 
 ##why? --debug 
 #-console=basic 
-  echo "$(mdate): $screen_name started."
+  echo "$(date_stringer): $screen_name started."
   sleep $SNOOZE_TIME
 }
 
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ function close_application()
 {
   screen_name="$1"; shift
   process_name="$1"; shift
-  echo "$(mdate): stopping $screen_name now..."
+  echo "$(date_stringer): stopping $screen_name now..."
   screen -r -s "$screen_name" -X quit
 
   # we don't want to shut any other servers down until this process is really gone.
   find_opensim_process $process_name
   if [ ! -z "$OS_PROC_ID" ]; then
-    echo "$(mdate): waiting for $screen_name to really shut down..."
+    echo "$(date_stringer): waiting for $screen_name to really shut down..."
     sleep $SNOOZE_TIME
     # check again after the snooze.
     find_opensim_process $process_name
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function close_application()
       find_opensim_process $process_name
 #break out on timed basis.
     done
-    echo "$(mdate): $screen_name really is shut down now."
+    echo "$(date_stringer): $screen_name really is shut down now."
 
 #do this as last ditch, above in timeout
     find_opensim_process $process_name
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ function close_application()
 
   fi
 
-  echo "$(mdate): $screen_name stopped."
+  echo "$(date_stringer): $screen_name stopped."
 }