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Hi Raquel.
Raquel, 04.09.2007 02:22:
> I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
> #crontab -e
> I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim editor.
> How do I change what gets used?
Set the EDITOR environment variable in the config file of your preferred shell.
(~/.bashrc for Bash)
Regards, Mathias
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debian/rules
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> Raquel, 04.09.2007 02:22:
> > I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
> > #crontab -e
> > I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim editor.
> > How do I change what gets used?
>
> Set the EDITOR environment variable in the config file of your preferred shell.
> (~/.bashrc for Bash)
Or, if you want to change the system-wide default, run (as root)
] update-alternatives --config editor
Regards,
Jan
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On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 02:32:39 +0200
"Jan C. Nordholz" wrote:
> > Raquel, 04.09.2007 02:22:
> > > I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
> > > #crontab -e
> > > I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim
> > > editor. How do I change what gets used?
> >
> > Set the EDITOR environment variable in the config file of your
> > preferred shell. (~/.bashrc for Bash)
>
> Or, if you want to change the system-wide default, run (as root)
>
> ] update-alternatives --config editor
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan
>
Thank you! This worked like a charm.
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Raquel
============================================================
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason
is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot
calculate for the possible change of things.
--Alexander Hamilton
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On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:24:16 +0200
Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hi Raquel.
>
> Raquel, 04.09.2007 02:22:
> > I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
> > #crontab -e
> > I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim
> > editor. How do I change what gets used?
>
> Set the EDITOR environment variable in the config file of your
> preferred shell. (~/.bashrc for Bash)
>
>
> Regards, Mathias
>
> --
> debian/rules
>
>
Hmmm, I thought it was configured using the update-alternatives
system. However, when I run (as root):
#update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim
I get an error:
#update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/bin/vim'.
--
Raquel
============================================================
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason
is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot
calculate for the possible change of things.
--Alexander Hamilton
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On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 17:38:03 -0700
Raquel wrote:
> Hmmm, I thought it was configured using the update-alternatives
> system. However, when I run (as root):
> #update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim
> I get an error:
> #update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/bin/vim'.
Use "#update-alternatives --set editor /usr/vim/vim.basic".
Alternatively, use "#update-alternatives --config editor" to get the
interactive configuration.
Graham
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On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 05:38:03PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:24:16 +0200
> Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hmmm, I thought it was configured using the update-alternatives
> system. However, when I run (as root):
> #update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim
> I get an error:
> #update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/bin/vim'.
This just means that vim isn't installed. Run 'apt-get install vim' and
it should work.
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Maarten Verwijs wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 05:38:03PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:24:16 +0200
>> Mathias Brodala wrote:
>> Hmmm, I thought it was configured using the update-alternatives
>> system. However, when I run (as root):
>> #update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim
>> I get an error:
>> #update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/bin/vim'.
>
> This just means that vim isn't installed. Run 'apt-get install vim' and
> it should work.
>
I'm guessing that /usr/bin/vim is really a symlink to the vim in
/etc/alternatives/vim. running update-alternatives --set editor
/usr/bin/vim.tiny or which ever vim you have installed would work.
Although, its probably just easier to just run update-alternatives
--config editor and select which one you want.
hth
Jeff
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8 out of 10 Owners who Expressed a Preference said Their Cats Preferred Techno.
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On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 05:22:28PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
> I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
> #crontab -e
> I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim editor.
> How do I change what gets used?
Do you have an EDITOR environment variable set? The man page says that
it follows EDITOR or VISUAL if set. If not, it likely follows
sensible-editor which is part of the debian alternatives system.
Doug.
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On 09/03/07 19:46, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 05:22:28PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
>> I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
>> #crontab -e
>> I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim editor.
>> How do I change what gets used?
>
> Do you have an EDITOR environment variable set? The man page says that
> it follows EDITOR or VISUAL if set. If not, it likely follows
> sensible-editor which is part of the debian alternatives system.
vim not installed???
Who doesn't install vim?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 10:43:16AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 09/03/07 19:46, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 05:22:28PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
> >> I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
> >> #crontab -e
> >> I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim editor.
> >> How do I change what gets used?
> >
> > Do you have an EDITOR environment variable set? The man page says that
> > it follows EDITOR or VISUAL if set. If not, it likely follows
> > sensible-editor which is part of the debian alternatives system.
>
> vim not installed???
>
> Who doesn't install vim?
I didn't. Until I switched to mutt and went "shopping" for a mcedit
replacement ... so I ended up with vim.
Regards,
Andrei
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
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