savannah: external editor does not write changes on remote file systems

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Original: ​http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?15809

Submitted by:	Friedrich Strohmaier <bitsfritz>	Submitted on:	Sun 19 Feb 2006 09:05:18 PM UTC
Category:	Editor	Severity:	3 - Normal
Status:	Confirmed	Privacy:	Public
Assigned to:	Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov>	Open/Closed:	Open
Release:	4.6.1	Operating System:	GNU/Linux

Discussion:

Sun 19 Feb 2006 11:16:04 PM UTC, comment #1:

see also:

Bug #31757 in mc (Ubuntu): "mc external editor does not write 
changes on remote file systems"

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/mc/+bug/31757

Friedrich
	Friedrich Strohmaier <bitsfritz>
Sun 19 Feb 2006 09:05:18 PM UTC, original submission:

Editing text files on remote file systems using the system editor 
(vim), not the built in one, does not work as expected.

The buffer with a temporary file is opened and changed, but not 
written to target leaving with ":wq" . This is tested on my ubuntu 
box for ftp and fish.

to get the effect do the following steps:

if not already done prepare mc not to use built in editor.
On an sshd running system establish a conection with:

1. cd #sh:localhost:
2. browse to an known file and open editor by pressing <F4>
3. do some edit
4. save an leave (use ":wq" on vim)

Editor is quitting without error.

now the file should be changed

refresh window by <ctrl+r>

use <F3> to prove ==> file is not changed an no error was given.

This behavior was also confirmed by other users on german ubuntu 
list. For example here:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.german/3618

"can reproduce on breezy"

And a different Editor (nvi) set on /etc/alternatives/vi set on my box

Info:
GNU Midnight Commander 4.6.1
Virtual File System: tarfs, extfs, cpiofs, ftpfs, fish, smbfs
With builtin Editor
Using system-installed S-Lang library with terminfo database
With subshell support as default
With support for background operations
With mouse support on xterm and Linux console
With internationalization support
With multiple codepages support

Package:
Version: 1:4.6.1-1ubuntu2~breezy1

VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Aug 22 2005 17:27:07) Version: 1:6.3-078+1ubuntu3

Friedrich