Re: mc using nano when vim.tiny is my default editor?

[Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com>]

On 10/07/2016 06:11 PM, David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 07 Oct 2016 at 17:46:15 (-0400), Tony Baldwin wrote:
> > On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> > > > Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon
> > > > update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is set to NOT use
> > > > mcedit, its internal editor
> > > What does "echo $EDITOR" say in your shell?
> >
> > tony@deathstar:~/.config/mc$ echo $EDITOR
> >
> > tony@deathstar:~/.config/mc$
> >
> >
> > Apparently nothing, but when I do update-alternatives to set it, It
> > shows that vim.tiny is currently the chosen default (visudo uses it)
> > How do I set $EDITOR if not with update-alternatives?
> > > The update-alternatives setting is only used when EDITOR is not set.
>
> Perhaps you have
> include/editor
>     Open=%var{EDITOR:nano} %f
> in your mc.ext file (whichever one it's reading).
>
> Thus I have:
> # Override the built-in editor which I never use
> include/editor
>     Open=%var{EDITOR:less} %f
>
> Cheers,
> David.

I find no mention of nano anywhere in the file in question.
I assume, now that I have copied /etc/me/mc.ext to ~/.config/mc/me.ext
that is is now using the one in ~/.config

Tony

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