Dapper: vim instead of nano as editor alternative?
Vram
lamsokvr at xprt.net
Fri Mar 17 06:37:55 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:50 +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:49:17 +0100
> Bas van Gils <basvg at cs.ru.nl> wrote:
>
> > Us old timers
> > > get to pay the price of changing one setting and in return the OS
> > > becomes much more usable to lots of new users.
> >
> > Exactly! Couldn't agree more. The power of linux lies in the fact that you get
> > a choice. Being flexible is a good thing. Just change the $EDITOR and $VISUAL
> > settings in your chell (~/.bashrc or ~/.cshrc or something similar) to the
> > editor of your choise.
>
> Or doing it "The Debian Way (tm)":
>
> $ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
>
What makes you thing that is the Debian Way??
Vram
> --
> Peter Garrett
>
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