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From: | Joe Buehler <jbuehler AT hekimian DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: Rev: Problem with emacs: crontabs aren't getting installed |
Date: | Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:22:36 -0500 |
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trevin wrote: > Just to let everybody know, the above suggestion helped me find the real > culprit: emacs. emacs was not even exiting properly at all; the > /tmp/real_emacs_exit_status file never got written out. Also, the > /tmp/crontab.* files were never cleaned up. It appears that emacs > *kills* its parent when you exit. > So I downloaded and used the nano editor instead, and it works. It's > not crontab's fault; it's a bug in emacs. Would you try something for me please? Run (server-start) in a running emacs then set EDITOR=emacsclient and try editing your crontab. The file to be edited should pop up in your emacs. Edit it then do C-x# when you are done. Emacsclient will exit, but not emacs. I am curious what happens to the parent process in this case... Joe Buehler -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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