Re: How to set vim as default editor

[Ilya Martynov <m_ilya@agava.com>]

M> For some reason after installing and reinstalling vim, ae still remains
M> the default editor.

M> when I look in /etc/alternatives I see:
M> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            7 Apr 30 23:12 editor ->
M> /bin/ae
M> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Apr 30 23:12 editor.1.gz ->
M> /usr/man/man1/ae.1.gz
M> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Apr 30 23:12 ex ->
M> /usr/bin/vim
M> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           28 Apr 30 23:12 ex.1.gz ->
M> /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz

M> Is there some debian specific setup script that maintains these links?
M> I know I can just manually change them to point to vim, but I want to
M> run the proper program that does it so I know for future reference.

update-alternatives --config editor

See man for info.

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