[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

John Edwards john at cornerstonelinux.co.uk
Tue May 12 20:04:34 UTC 2009


On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 08:16:44PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> I use nano an embarrassing amount, because I'm always forgetting to 
> forward X on my ssh connections, so I can't use emacs.

Emacs should default to terminal mode if $DISPLAY is not set.
If it doesn't then you can use the '-nw' option to force it.


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