Re: Preferred editor and pager

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

I think it's OK to provide a /bin/editor and /bin/pager, but they should
be shell programs with this behavior:

	If $VISUAL or $EDITOR is set, and set to something other than
	"editor" or "/bin/editor", execute what is found in them.
	Likewise for $PAGER.

	If the above fails, run the default editor (or pager) from
	/etc/alternatives/editor.

We should continue to encourage maintainers to have their programs use
the environment variables $VISUAL, $EDITOR, and $PAGER.

	Bruce
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