[Gllug] Mail programs

[Bruce Richardson]

On 10/12/01, 4:53:26 PM, tet at accucard.com wrote regarding Re: [Gllug] 
Mail programs :


> >As with many unix tools, what is named in $EDITOR, you can override
> >this with the config line 'set editor', which is quite nice if you
> >want to specify some options to the editor (eg I specify 'line wrap'
> >to emacs).

> Tsk, tsk. It really shouldn't be using $EDITOR. That's reserved for
> specifying a line editor (e.g., ed or ex). The full screen editor to
> use should be determined by checking $VISUAL, and only defaulting to
> $EDITOR if that's not set.

It checks for VISUAL, then EDITOR, then /usr/bin/editor

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Bruce

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