[ jEdit-users ] jEdit edits not saved when it runs in background

[Andrew C. W. <s1...@st...>]

Dear jEdit users,

I want to use the R Edit Mode for the statistical
environment R (www.r-project.org), rather than the default
editor. I've asked my question on the R mailing list, but
had no luck.

When I edit something in R, jEdit opens and recognises the
file as belonging to R. The problem is that the changes I
make in jEdit don't make it back into R. With the default
editor (Notepad in Windows), when I tell R to edit
something, R passes control to the editor and doesn't gain
control again until I quit the editor. It's as if the
editor is a foreground task. With jEdit, however, it seems
to be spawned so that control returns to R immediately. As a
result, none of the changes I make in jEdit make it back
into R (that is, the thing I wanted to edit doesn't change).

I would appreciate any advice you had about what I can do to
get jEdit working in this situation. Thank you in advance.


Regards,

Andrew C. Ward

CAPE Centre
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia
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