Re: Replying from Mutt

["Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org>]

On 2004-01-09, Thomas H. George penned:
> The dist-upgrade of testing appears to have altered mutt so replies
> are edited with nano instead of vi.  I have no aversion to learning
> another editor although I was comfortable with vi but my first attempt
> to reply to a message failed.  I struggled to find the exit from nano
> but succeeded in reaching the usual screen with y for send mail
> however after 24 hours the reply has not appeared in the list.
>
> Tom
>

This could be an /etc/alternatives issue.

Maybe check 

update-alternatives --display vi

and

update-alternatives --display editor

For me, the latter shows that 'vim' is the "best" editor available, and
so the one that is used by default.

-- 
monique