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Re: Rev: Problem with emacs: crontabs aren't getting installed
trevin wrote:
Just to let everybody know, the above suggestion helped me find the real
culprit: emacs. emacs was not even exiting properly at all; the
/tmp/real_emacs_exit_status file never got written out. Also, the
/tmp/crontab.* files were never cleaned up. It appears that emacs
*kills* its parent when you exit.
So I downloaded and used the nano editor instead, and it works. It's
not crontab's fault; it's a bug in emacs.
Would you try something for me please?
Run (server-start) in a running emacs then set EDITOR=emacsclient
and try editing your crontab. The file to be edited should pop
up in your emacs. Edit it then do C-x# when you are done.
Emacsclient will exit, but not emacs. I am curious what happens
to the parent process in this case...
Joe Buehler
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