[Reportbug-maint] Bug#532468: Could have an option to use an external editor in gtk.

[Sandro Tosi]

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 17:23, Marco Túlio Gontijo e
Silva<marcot at holoscopio.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Em Ter, 2009-06-09 às 17:01 +0200, Sandro Tosi escreveu:
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 16:46, Marco Túlio Gontijo e
>> Silva<marcot at holoscopio.com> wrote:
>> > Package: reportbug
>> > Version: 4.4
>> > Severity: wishlist
>> >
>> > It would be good to use the gtk+ interface with an external editor for writing
>> > the bug description.
>>
>> could you please justify it? what's missing in the (simple) editor
>> already embedded in the gtk ui?
>
> my_preferred_editor=emacs
>
> It's missing all $my_preferred_editor features.  I like when the
> applications I use call my configured editor when I'll have to edit
> something, and this is a good feature of the text interface of
> reportbug.
>
> I may have expressed myself not very clearly on the bug report, but what
> I meant is that it'd be good to have an option to use the external
> editor.

That's much clearer, thanks.

Regards,
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