default editor (Re: emacs in default selection ?)

[Tuukka Hastrup]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Fábio Mendes wrote:
> Why two console editors? Why not just link vi to nano? It's as simple as
> a  ln -s /etc/alternatives/editor /usr/bin/nan. I think this is the best
> option, but I'm biased though I can't stand vim. Personaly I use mcedit.
> It has nice features like syntax highlight yet is very intuitive to use.

>From the responses, it sounds like setting this alternative would stop the 
command 'vi' from bringing up a vi clone. I thought setting the *editor* 
would affect the default editor the user faces when they don't get to 
choose their favourite. The people who feel nano isn't enough can run
update-alternatives --config editor

Considering the automatic line wrap, there is an option 'nowrap' in 
/etc/nanorc. I haven't needed syntax highlight, but there seems to be 
options regarding that as well.

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