From d83888df54f7dbe95aca42ce6581f860649b8112 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Ellson <ellson@research.att.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:40:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] for now, use a separate xterm window for sterr output
---
plugin/xlib/vimdot.sh | 32 +++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/plugin/xlib/vimdot.sh b/plugin/xlib/vimdot.sh
index 2ab294106..749fe6a38 100755
--- a/plugin/xlib/vimdot.sh
+++ b/plugin/xlib/vimdot.sh
@@ -3,28 +3,17 @@
error() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
-for prog in gvim vim ""; do
- if test -x /usr/bin/$prog; then break; fi
- if which $prog >/dev/null 2>&1; then break; fi
-done
+editor="/usr/bin/vim"
-if test -z "$prog"; then error "the editor not found"; fi
+if ! test -x "$editor"; then error "the \"$editor\" editor not found or not executable"; fi
default="noname.gv"
if test -z "$1"; then
- if test -s "$default"; then
- error "$default already exists"
- else
- f="$default"
- fi
-else
- f="$1"
-fi
-
-if ! test -f "$f"; then
- if ! test -w .; then error "directory `pwd` is not writable"; fi
- cat >"$f" <<EOF
+ f="$default"
+ if ! test -f "$f"; then
+ if ! test -w .; then error "directory `pwd` is not writable"; fi
+ cat >"$f" <<EOF
digraph G {
graph [layout=dot rankdir=LR]
@@ -39,10 +28,15 @@ digraph G {
{vim dot} -> vimdot
}
EOF
+ fi
+else
+ f="$1"
fi
+
if ! test -w "$f"; then error "$f is not writable"; fi
# dot -Txlib watches the file $f for changes using inotify()
-dot -Txlib "$f" &
+# run it in an xterm window to handle any stderr
+xterm -e dot -Txlib "$f" 2>/dev/null &
# open an editor on the file $f (could be any editor; gvim &'s itself)
-exec $prog "$f"
+exec $editor "$f"
--
2.40.0