Bug#111885: tetex-bin: texconfig depends on vi
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:03:05PM -0400, tibbetts@mit.edu wrote:
> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 1.0.7+20001218-5.1
> Severity: important
>
> texconfig seems to want vi to exist, but does not depend on vi.
> Specifically, when I select FORMATS from the menu, it tries to start
> vi and fails.
You haven't set either your EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable,
which would fix this. You also didn't choose the PREFERENCES option
from the main menu, which would have allowed you to do this;
unfortunately this option is not displayed. Here's a patch:
--- texconfig.orig Mon Sep 10 20:25:49 2001
+++ texconfig Mon Sep 10 20:27:30 2001
@@ -1773,6 +1773,7 @@
" 23 80 12 \
"EXIT" 'exit' \
"CONF" 'show configuration' \
+ "PREF" 'select preferred editor and pager' \
"REHASH" 'rebuild ls-R database' \
"FORMATS" 'formats' \
"HYPHEN" 'hyphenation' \
Julian
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