Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 00:24:45 +0100 From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> Cc: Phil Webb <philwebb@piperain.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mutt setup Message-ID: <20011206002445.A94520@tisys.org> In-Reply-To: <20011205180525.A2798@rit.edu>; from mpd6334@cs.rit.edu on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 06:05:25PM -0500 References: <20011205204411.5F4C33C4A72@gateway.wvi.com> <20011205180525.A2798@rit.edu>
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 06:05:25PM -0500, mpd was heard saying: > > > > 2) Is it possible for me to "call" vi as my editor of choice rather than use > > the Emacs-style editor built into mutt? I have no "religious" bias against > > Emacs, I am just sticking to the fewest possible variables on the learning > > curve at any one time and am learning vi for portabilities sake. > > The EDITOR env variable (or VISUAL, or something.) Yes, that works. However, if you want to override what you have set in your environment, so that mutt used something else, you can put a line like "set editor="vim" into your .muttrc. Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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