Re: refdbc -C addref & stdin

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.

 > > 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.

 > > 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?

regards,
Markus

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