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Re: Adding a simple editor to the base system
From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy%druid.net@localhost>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:22:15 +0000
>
> Maybe this needs to be added to base. Then the ND install can add ee
> and change the variable. Individuals can still run ee, vi or ed as they
> wish but a reasonable default for edit will always exist.
>
> ------------ File: /usr/bin/edit -----------
> #! /bin/sh
> exec ${EDITOR:-/usr/bin/vi}
You may have missed a ":)" there...
Regarding 'vi' as a reasonable default when an inexperienced user types
'edit' could be regarded as a joke in rather poor humour...
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