Re: Another Devuan annoyance: CLI default apps

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

Ulf Volmer wrote:

> On 01.11.2017 00:00, deloptes wrote:
>> Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote:
> 
>>> Now under Devuan, crontab opens the file with nano, which I hate,
>>> abominate, pursue with intense loathing...
> 
>> sudo update-alternatives --config editor
> 
> select-editor(1) is also an option (configurable per user). available in
> package sensible-utils (in the default install AFAIK).
> 
> best regards
> Ulf

Indeed, thanks for the hint, however OP wanted to edit crontab, which needs
root access.