Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 13:21:57 -0400 From: "Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> To: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: convincing (n)mh to use vim rather than vi Message-ID: <200007071721.NAA99954@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jul 2000 17:57:26 CDT." <20000706175726.A60909@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>
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> > Nothing I do convinces it to use /usr/local/bin/vim rather than > > /usr/bin/vi. > > I've even tried aliasing vi to /usr/local/bin/vim, all to no avail. > > The answer must be obvious, so could someone give me a hint before it > > turns into a snake and bites me? :) > It has been a while since I have used (n)mh but I believe you specify > the editor in your ~/.mh_profile. Ouch! got bit :) Yes, that did it. And low and behold, the magic line is Editor: /usr/local/bin/vim Thank you. I thought nmh had the single man page for the whole program, but mh_profile has its own page . . . hawk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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