Re: changing default editor
Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com> writes:
> John Griffiths <john@capmon.com> writes:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > tryng to change the default editor on a potato 2.2.r4 system so users
> > who're not comfortable with vi can use mutt to send messages
> >
> > I tried:
> >
> > EDITOR=jed; export EDITOR
> >
> > which works until the user logs out
> >
> > any thoughts on making it stick?
>
> Put:
>
> export EDITOR=jed
>
> in your ~/.bashrc... or:
>
> set editor=jed
>
> in your ~/.muttrc
Sorry, I forgot:
# update-alternatives --config editor
as another way.
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