Re: Preferred editor and pager
On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> Ian Jackson wrote ...
> : We keep having problems where programs invoke a less-powerful or
> : less-desired-by-the-user pager or editor.
>
> ... I thought, we had have the simple solution:
>
> Default editor is `ae', as it's included in the boot disks set,
> as well es default pager is `more'.
>
> (I don't prefer any of the above.)
>
> If the user can successfully drive emacs, vi, or whatever, she
> should be able to get the knowledge about changing the above
> defaults ...
Not if programs don't adhere to the standard environment variables (if the
editor/pager is hardcoded).
--Pete
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