Date:         Fri, 28 Apr 2000 16:24:22 -0700
Reply-To:     kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM
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From:         kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject:      Re: Save, Save, Save, Save...
Comments: To: Frank Ivis <frank.ivis@ices.on.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <no.id>; from frank.ivis@ICES.ON.CA on Fri, Apr 28,
              2000 at 01:03:49PM -0400
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 01:03:49PM -0400, Frank Ivis wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:31:28 -0400, Scott Chapal <schapal@MAIL.JONESCTR.ORG>
> wrote:
>
> >Chuck_Kincaid@TRILOGYUSA.COM (Charles Kincaid) writes:
> >
>
> {SNIP)
>
>
> >> A SAS person at a SUGI told me that one could replace the default SAS
> editor with one of your own choosing.  I don't know if they were just
> pulling my leg, but I've never found out how.  Has anyone ever heard of
> this?
> >
> >In UNIX:
> >
> >sas -editcmd /usr/bin/vi
> >sas -editcmd /usr/local/bin/emacs
> >
> >Or the inverse - launch SAS from emacs [ESS]:
>
> I've tried the above UNIX command, but it doesn't seem to work. Even if it
> did, wouldn't you still need the SAS program editor to submit the job? Seems
> simpler to just run vi or emacs from UNIX and submit batch jobs to SAS.

You need to use a different version of the editcmd invocation for vi in
an X Windows environment, unless you're using an X-aware vi clone such
as vim.

The full editcmd is specified in the SAS companion for the Unix
environment, and requires invoking a terminal from which to run the
editor in.  Something like:

   sas -editcmd <terminal> -e /usr/bin/vi

...where <terminal> is your xterm program of choice.

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