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Bug#41121: Add VISUAL when checking for users editor



On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 11:11:47AM +0200, goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
> Shouldn't packages use sensible-editor?

Having VISUAL and EDITOR makes sense on most Unices; having
sensible-editor is Debian specific. Patches that can be usefully sent
upstream seem much better than patches that are likely to forever remain
Debian specific.

Cheers,
aj

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