How can I use TextEdit as the text editor for Mercurial, e.g. for inputting commit messages?
I tried setting, in ~/.hgrc:
editor = "/Applications/TextEdit.ap
but, when I try "hg commit", I get:
*** CFMessagePort: bootstrap_register(): failed 1100 (0x44c) 'Permission denied', port = 0x4517, name = 'com.apple.TextEdit.Servic
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In case anyone's referencing this solution, it's worth noting that the correct way to set user environment variables on Mac OS X is to add them to the property list in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plis
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by: DCraft99Posted on 2009-06-15 at 12:32:28ID: 24632182
Figured it out. (Hope no Expert's spent time yet. I struggle to figure how much looking/experimenting to do before posting.)
Use "open -t -n -W".
-t: run the default text editor, as determined via LaunchServices;
-n: open a new instance (required so invoking program can detect finished by editor exiting, and user
doesn't have to exit any previously-opened/global instance of the editor)
-W: wait for exit before returning
It has to be wrapped into a script (see attached). I realized that since Mercurial honors the EDITOR env variable, I can just leverage that while also supporting all other programs that do so.
Run default Mac OS X text editor via command line