<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The way GIT commit editing works is Git launches an external editor program to edit the message; Git doesn't have its own editor. In your case its probably launching vi or nano, since from the behavior you described its launching a terminal editor. Try running "git config --global "core.editor" notepad --wait", and then make a commit. It should open Notepad and let you type a commit message there; instead of using vi or nanno as its editor, Git will use Notepad. If VS Code is in your PATH environment variable, then using "code" instead of "notepad" will also work, although I'm not sure if VS Code is added to PATH by default on Windows.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 29, 2025, at 14:14, Ryan Stevens via NFBCS <nfbcs@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello, Jim,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your response. My main concern is being able to place comments in the commit editor (and possibly the revert editor) in a terminal window. I found a keyboard short cut to cleanly enter the comment (Alt-G, C), but I\u2019m still stuck trying to save it and return to the command line. Are you aware of any, and would switching to VSCode simplify the process? Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Bauer via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 28, 2025 3:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfbcs@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Jim Bauer <holdsworthfan@eml.cc><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBCS] Help with GIT editors<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">You can change the git editor with the "core.editor" config option. For example, "git config --global core.editor code --wait" sets vscode as the default git editor everywhere.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">"git status" shows tracked/modified/etc. files in the repo.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Though old, the Git book has helped me:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2">https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 8/28/2025 8:36 AM, Ryan Stevens via NFBCS wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">My company is moving to GIT as our source control after years on SourceGear Vault. I have been learning and working with GIT on Windows Command Line and GIT Bash relatively easily, but there are a couple of snags. First, committing and reverting code require a message/description, and trying to enter them doesn\u2019t seem to be working properly, and I get stuck in the commit editor. I do use the -m parameter in the commit command to get around this, but I don\u2019t always remember to do so. For revert, it looks like I need to use the --no-commit parameter, then run a commit -m. Second, the training books point out that filenames appear in different colors based on their status, and I have no idea how to check that in the terminal window. I use the latest version of JAWS, and I\u2019m wondering if there are keyboard shortcuts for these issues. Alternatively, are there other GIT editors that are accessible and handle these problems?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks and take care,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ryan Stevens<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>NFBCS mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:NFBCS@nfbnet.org">NFBCS@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/holdsworthfan%40eml.cc">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/holdsworthfan%40eml.cc</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBCS mailing list</span><br><span>NFBCS@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/emassey0135%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>