On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 03:15:51PM +0100, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote: > U - oh, guru, how could i make programs use fooedit ? > A - you have to set EDITOR to `fooedit' > U - thanks, and how could i make programs use barpager ? > A - you have to set PAGER to `barpager' > U - thanks, and how could i make programs use quuxterm ? > A - you have to make dir /bin in your home directory, > insert ~/bin at start of your PATH, and then make > a symlink to /usr/bin/quuxterm named ~/bin/x-terminal-emulator > > You now see, why i dont like this idea > It have all signs of being local hack not > a ready solution $EDITOR and $PAGER are the exceptions, not the rule. By your logic, we also need: $MAILUSERAGENT $MAILTRANSPORTAGENT $POSTSCRIPTVIEWER $NEWSREADER $XSERVER $CCOMPILER $FILELISTER $FILECOPIER $FILERENAMER etc. etc. etc. > Btw : when we will have all programs using sensible-editor > make its content: > --- start --- > #!/bin/sh > editor > --- end --- > forget about EDITOR and VISUAL and wait for users' reaction Advocacy like yours is enough to make me wish we didn't have sensible-editor at all. -- G. Branden Robinson | If you have the slightest bit of Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual integrity you cannot branden@ecn.purdue.edu | support the government. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- anonymous
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