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Changing the Default Text Editor Used in SLED 10
Problem:
Not quite a fan of vi? Whilst it is important to know, you are not limited to using vi when using commands such as edquota, crontab, visudo, etc. You can change the default editor used if you like. The variable VISUAL controls the editor and all you need to do is set it to the path of your favorite editor.
Example:
To change the editor from vi to joe you would use:
export VISUAL=/usr/bin/joe
The above command sets this variable for the current session only.
echo "export VISUAL=/usr/bin/joe" >> ~/.profile
The above command sets this variable for future logins.
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It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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