Matthew Theobalds wrote:
> I am keen to change the default editor from vi to nano but for some reason
> cannot find any way to do it. Editing the .profile from EDITOR=vi to
> EDITOR=nano doesn't work; and I cannot find documentation anywhere else.
> 
> This is to make editing crontab files (for example) much easier.
> 
> If anyone could share the news, I'd be greatful.
> 

many programs also use the VISUAL environment variable...

-colin