Re: error: svn_io_file_open

Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net> writes:

> Daniel Rall <dlr@finemaltcoding.com> writes:
>
> > rblanpro@juno.com writes:
> >
> > > 3. Attempting to import a file set like: "svn import file:///home/roger
> > > /home/svnroot" returns this error "svn None of the environment variables
> > > SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL, or EDITOR is set."
> >
> > Does svn attempt to look in the usual places (/usr/bin and /bin) for
> > vi? I'm an Emacs man myself, but vi is almost always available on
> > unixy systems. Spawning some editor by default (if one can be found)
> > seems like more reasonable behavior.
>
> The svn commandline client isn't just for Unix. We shouldn't be
> looking for 'vi' on win32. Portability, man, portability! :-)

I'm all for portability -- use APR and cpp on that section of code.
I'm also all for having software that Just Works.

-- 
Daniel Rall <dlr@finemaltcoding.com>
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