Re: LESS for reading, and VI for editing, but not working anymore
On 7/1/05, Benedek Frank <linux@celifornia.com> wrote:
> And in LESS, I can press "v" and I will get into vi for editing. It was
> very fne upuntil now, but nowdays I was removing quite a few packages,
> and suddenly when I press "v" inside "less" I will get mc's (Midnight
> Commander) editor, which is the blue screen. I really prefer hi the real
> good old "vi" for editing. How can I put it back? By the way, "vi" is
> still installed (nvi) and I can execute it like
>
> vi /etc/acpi/acpi
>
> Why less wont use vi as it's editor anymore?
Do you have either $VISUAL or $EDITOR defined?
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