[Bug 869069] [NEW] Vim $EDITOR alternative priority too high

[Ville Ranki]

Public bug reported:

Recently (In less than 2 weeks) vim has replaced Nano as the default
$EDITOR in Ubuntu.

I don't want to start an editor war, but vim is not a suitable editor for
beginners. Nano is much better alternative as it is very simple and displays
key shortcuts always on screen. Those who really want to use vim can change the default
themselves easily.

$ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
There are 6 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor).

  Selection    Path                Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/vim.gtk     50        auto mode
  1            /bin/ed             -100       manual mode
  2            /bin/nano            40        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/emacs23     0         manual mode
  4            /usr/bin/vim.basic   30        manual mode
  5            /usr/bin/vim.gtk     50        manual mode
  6            /usr/bin/vim.tiny    10        manual mode

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: vim 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct  6 14:00:36 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-19 (139 days ago)

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty

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Title:
  Vim $EDITOR alternative priority too high

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Recently (In less than 2 weeks) vim has replaced Nano as the default
  $EDITOR in Ubuntu.

  I don't want to start an editor war, but vim is not a suitable editor for
  beginners. Nano is much better alternative as it is very simple and displays
  key shortcuts always on screen. Those who really want to use vim can change the default
  themselves easily.

  $ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
  There are 6 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor).

    Selection    Path                Priority   Status
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  * 0            /usr/bin/vim.gtk     50        auto mode
    1            /bin/ed             -100       manual mode
    2            /bin/nano            40        manual mode
    3            /usr/bin/emacs23     0         manual mode
    4            /usr/bin/vim.basic   30        manual mode
    5            /usr/bin/vim.gtk     50        manual mode
    6            /usr/bin/vim.tiny    10        manual mode

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: vim 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct  6 14:00:36 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-19 (139 days ago)

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