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Selecting 'edit' or 'view' fails silently when using Vim as the editor.
SITUATION:
Selecting 'edit' or 'view' fails silently when using Vim as the editor of choice. AC_EDITOR_GUI is set to /usr/bin/vim (or where vim is installed).
RESOLUTION:
In actuality this is not failing silently. Accurev is properly executing /usr/bin/vim <filename>, but has no place to display it. The proper way to set the AC_EDITOR_GUI variable is to set it with the following arguments: "xterm -e /usr/bin/vim?
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