Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

[Kun Zhang]

If it's the case, "gvim -f" would help.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:03 AM, Kevin Cox <kevincox at kevincox.ca> wrote:

> On 02/12/16 11:13, ads wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> I looked at strace, but couldn't see any obvious cause (no EPERM for
>> example).  I set up a new user where it all worked properly, so I started
>> to try and find a difference, and realised that my normal userid uses gvim
>> (echo $EDITOR --> gvim) while my new test user uses vim. So to make the
>> straces comparable I switched to using vim for this task, but using vim I
>> find works fine anyway. I don't really need to find out why gvim doesn't
>> work since I have a good work-around, i.e. preface the pass edit command
>> with EDITOR=vim.
>>
> I think that gvim detaches by default, so when it "exits" pass saves the
> (unchanged) file. Then you edit the file but pass is long gone.
>
> There might be a flag you can set to make it "block" or stay in the
> foreground. That or use a different editor.
>
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Best wishes
Kun Zhang
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