set editor problem

[Sigbjorn Finne]

Hi,

the following works for me with NotePad and the
Dec2001 release:

 :set -E"c:\\Program Files\\TextPad 4\\textpad \"%s\"(%d)"

A couple of ":set -E" bugs were fixed after the Feb2001 release,
so  you may want to consider switching to using the Dec2001
release instead & (hopefully) just sidestep the problem.

hth
--sigbjorn

btw, ":set -Enotepad" ought to work.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Paquet" <epaquet@walsh.edu>
To: <hugs-bugs@haskell.org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 13:11
Subject: set editor problem


> Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
>
> I teach Computer Science here at Walsh University, and am planning to
teach
> a new course using Haskell. My computer is a Dell Optiplex GXi with
Windows
> NT version 4.  I have Hugs 98, downloaded over a year ago. My download
file
> is named "HUGS98-FEB2001.MSI" -- (I probably inserted the FEB2001 myself.)
> It installs without problems but at no time asks which editor to associate
> with HUGS. When I run HUGS and give the command :set, I read the following
> setting  -EC:\WINNT\notepad.exe.
>
> Now I have Notetab light installed in C:\Program Files\Notetab
> Light\notetab.exe. So in Hugs I gave the command:
> :set -E"C:\\Program Files\\Notetab Light\\notetab.exe".
>
> When I then try :edit c:\temp\foo.hs, nothing happens that I can see.
> I restored the setting to its original form with notepad. Now :edit could
no
> longer bring up notepad.
> I re-installed HUGS. Still the editor (with setting for notepad as
> installed) showed no effect when called.
>
> How can I set the editor to my preferred software notetab.exe? If I must
> manually edit the Registry -- something I have never dared to do until
now,
> I would need to know where to navigate to!
>
> Many thanks ahead for your kind help!
>
> Ernest Paquet
> Computer Science Dept.
> Walsh University
> Canton, OHIO 44720.
>
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