Dapper: vim instead of nano as editor alternative?

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:11:06 +0100
Bas van Gils <basvg at cs.ru.nl> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 03:50:14PM +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:49:17 +0100
> > Or doing it "The Debian Way (tm)":
> > 
> >  $ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
> > 
> > And pick your "editor religion" of choice ;-)
> > 
> 
> Well.... I must day that I disagree with you Peter. The update-alternatives is
> nice, but also system-wide isn't it? My wife also uses our computer from time
> to time and I think she'd <BEEEEEEP> me if she ever sees vi again ;) I'll
> stick to per-user changes :-)

Well, I did say "Or" ;-) So nothing really to disagree about.

Far be it from me to create marital discord! I didn't realise the editor
wars had extended into domestic life.... I can see it now; a new reason
for divorces - "Incompatible editor choices ".  Can this marriage be
saved ? And so on...

:-)


-- 
Peter Garrett