From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ruohao Li Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How to edit crontab using emacs over ssh Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:14:56 +0800 Message-ID: <1225894496.7259.7.camel@lirh-laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1225894727 23291 80.91.229.12 (5 Nov 2008 14:18:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:18:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 05 15:19:49 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KxjEU-00052i-PG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:19:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49939 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxjDN-0001Fu-Eb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:18:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxjA0-0000Ip-7p for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:15:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kxj9y-0000Hy-NH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42317 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kxj9y-0000Hs-Db for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:15:02 -0500 Original-Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.184]:51531) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kxj9y-0005Hr-1h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:15:02 -0500 Original-Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so3689tia.10 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:15:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:content-type :date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mq8tb6hnvtPy9/9TJyxajtvUnHukxdy7uk0rJ4daS9w=; b=ugfKICX/rarYYR16s0qPcfGRxKfSfNzMlhIUDe2gsmaevf5ybV726MWVINWGkFTZ/I ouTsC4EZuFFMGy0tjIJkuLNmvE0IY99OfISl3rSWk1JpS/tAL++3mDPsLm8uIt3GNrlC rstRI0vFmutZTk7/9BB+sMVHb11P9UTCi4GZ4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding; b=bPN+DQ13dZIpnTYze6oh0JwlbVNHu24EzZ06UkJGat3n8y2UhCTPUv1PiPsyGwUdPC QVG/AGbcXdFOxHaUgAetMATC1PwLHpVk+uOifkT7L3PZRQyDTho/XeHm8G0aYCLFhLOg hXyysLY4+BDenyvd6RIW447hwkaKMvmJKAwsM= Original-Received: by 10.110.16.6 with SMTP id 6mr792721tip.23.1225894500177; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:15:00 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?123.112.153.75? ([123.112.153.75]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm2633485tim.11.2008.11.05.06.14.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:14:59 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.1 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:59465 Archived-At: I'm in shell mode, logged in on another machine over ssh, and I want to do some 'crontab -e' editing on that machine. But that will bring up a new editor, which is whatever you set in your EDITOR env variable, and both vi and emacs cannot be used in this dumb shell. How can I edit the crontab in my emacs session?