[Nottingham] Shortcut of the week

[Luke Dolman]

Robert Hart wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 16:24 +0100, Martin Garton wrote:
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>>On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 16:22 +0100, Spandex wrote:
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>>>I just accidentally discovered that, while using less (382) you can
>>>press 'v' to open the file in your default editor.  Then when you
>>>quit the editor you're back in less again.  Handy.  Has everyone else
>>>been doing this for years? :)
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>>I have used it occasionally. I always thought it just opened vi (hence
>>the "v" shortcut) but since vi is my default editor it wouldn't matter
>>to me anyway.
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>>Good tip though, for those who haven't found it.
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>This is why it's so important to set $EDITOR. There's nothing worse than
>getting dropped into vi by whatever random program decided to spawn an
>editor if you don't even know how the hell to quit the damn thing!!
>ARRGH. Thank god for virtual terminals and "killall vi" :-)
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>Rob
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Are you suggesting some people use something else /other/ than vi as 
their default editor???

What a bizarre concept.

;)