Re: [Refdb-devel] refdbc -C addref & stdin

[Michael S. <sm...@xm...>]

Hi Markus,

You wrote:

> Michael Smith writes:
>  > Tonight was the first time I actually tried adding data to the db, and
>  > environment I was trying it on is a Cygwin install. Haven't tried it on
>  > my Linux install yet.
>  > 
>  > Anyway, got it working on Cygwin by hacking the refdbc source. So the
>  > both the command line and Emacs interaction are working as expected for
>  > me now.
>  > 
> 
> The -f stdin switch should do the trick without source hacks.

OK -- I have this working as expected now after applying the patch you
send and building from sandbox source. Thanks

>  > > If I try to do it from the menu though (this with an risx file), I get 
>  > > this:
>  > > 
>  > > Could not set terminal attributes
>  > 
>  > That's a warning coming from refdbc. I'm not sure what it indicates, but
>  > I don't think it causes any problems.
>  > 
> 
> It indicates that refdbc is asking for a password which is bound to
> fail. Please set the password in .refdbcrc.

Thanks -- that works also for me now that I've set that password in the
config file. 

>  > > data read error. Stop.
>  > 
>  > damn. Well. that one is also coming from refdbc too, and I think it's a
>  > fatal error. If you're able to succesfully add data via the command line
>  > but not from within Emacs, then either I'm not using the Emacs
>  > shell-command-on-region function correctly, or there's something wrong
>  > with the way your Emacs is interacting with the shell.
>  > 
> 
> It works fine over here, but I haven't tested this on Cygwin yet. Do
> you use Cygwin's Emacs or NT Emacs?

I'm actually testing both on Cygwin both with Cygwin Emacs 21.2 and
X-Windows and with NT Emacs 21.3. Using my sandbox binaries and with the
password set in my refdbcrc file, I'm not seeing any unexpected behavior
now (as long as I make sure to select the leading newline when sending
data to refdbc).

  --Mike