Can't edit crontab

[Emlio]

On 02/16/2012 12:40 PM, Emlio wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm using cygwin in order to use cron under an XP machine. When I run
> the command
>
> $ crontab -e
>
> I get a vi (vim?) editor, but I'm not able to use it propertly. After
> pressing "insert" the keyboard doesn't work properly. For example, if I
> press the arrows I get characters such as A, B, C... the backspace key
> doesn't work, and writing a cron line becomes a really hard (impossible)
> task.
>
> I've tried to set the env variable EDITOR as nano, in order to use this
> editor instead, but the trick doesn't seem to work in cygwin.
>
> Is there any workaround I can do in order to edit the crontab with a
> different application?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> E Diaz
>
>
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Answering to myself

I've just used notepad++ to write the cron commands and copypated it to 
the vi in cygwin. Not really classy but at least I can make it work.

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