Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 15:23:20 -0000 From: "Steven Fletcher (Shellnet IRC administrator)" <ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk> To: "Andrew Kenneth Milton" <akm@mother.sneaker.net.au> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: EDQUOTA and selected editor. Message-ID: <9801171523182600@mailhost.shellnet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199801171524.CAA14448@mother.sneaker.net.au>
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Thanks for the help - it worked, I was unaware that set and export were different :) Steven Fletcher Shellnet IRC / Quake server admin ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk / steven@shellnet.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Kenneth Milton [mailto:akm@mother.sneaker.net.au] > Sent: 17 January 1998 15:25 > To: Steven Fletcher > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: EDQUOTA and selected editor. > > > +-----[ Steven Fletcher ]------------------------------ > | > | I commonly use joe (Joe's Own Editor) as my default editor, and I have set > | the EDITOR variable to be joe. > | > | The editor invoked is vi(1) unless the environment variable EDITOR > | specifies otherwise. > > If you are running sh, zsh, bash, ksh you need to export the variable > i.e. export EDITOR > > if you are using csh or derivatives, then you should use setenv EDITOR joe > rather than assigning variables directly. > > -- > ,-_|\ SneakerNet | Andrew Milton | GSM: +61(41)6 022 411 > / \ P.O. Box 154 | akm@sneaker.net.au | Fax: +61(2) 9746 8233 > \_,-._/ N Strathfield +--+----------------------+---+ Ph: +61(2) 9746 8233 > v NSW 2137 | Low cost Internet Solutions | >
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