[Remind-Fans] wyrd error

[Thor Andreassen]

On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 08:39:49PM -0400, Paul Brookbanks wrote:
> When I use the "t" option in wyrd  I get this error message:
> 
> "Error when launching editor; configure a different editor in
> ~/.wyrdrc."
> 
> My wyrdrc file is not in my home dir. but rather it is in /etc. Here is
> what is wrtten there:
> 
> # Wyrd run-configuration file
> 
> # command for the Remind executable
> set remind_command="remind"
> # the default reminder file to display
> set reminders_file="~/.reminders"
> # command for editing an old appointment, given a line number %line% and
> filename %file%
> set edit_old_command="$EDITOR +%line% %file%"
> # command for editing a new appointment, given a filename %file%
> set edit_new_command="$EDITOR +999999 %file%"
> # command for free editing of the reminders file, given a filename %file
> %
> set edit_any_command="$EDITOR %file%"
> 
> This looks fine so the only thing I can think of is that wyrd is looking
> for this file in the wrong location or the file is in the wrong
> location. I made sure the file is executable. I tried to move the file
> but that did not work.

Your problem might be that you haven't set the EDITOR variable in the
environment you run wyrd from.

If you are using a bash like shell, you can test this with:

$ EDITOR=insert_favorite_editor_here wyrd

-- 
with kind regards
Thor Andreassen