Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 01:26:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/40843: ee should be default editor of root Message-ID: <200207211534.IAA04779@eskimo.com>
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>Number: 40843
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: ee should be default editor of root
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 21 08:40:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ross A. Lippert
>Release: FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD laverne.home 4.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 11 06:14:12 GMT 2002 murray@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
Although ee is used as the editor during install, vi remains the default
editor for some system critical functions like vipw and (if one is using
sudo) visudo.
This effectively forces a newbie to learn vi in order to correctly maintain
their FreeBSD system. The whole point of introducing ee was so that newbies
could use ee anywhere they had, heretofore, needed vi.
So long as functions like vipw default to vi, the newbie user needs to learn
a bit about vi.
Or, to make a long story short, it is very inconvenient to have to teach
a newbie vi in order to teach the newbie about FreeBSD. I'd rather ee be
the default which vi-accustomed people like myself change to vi than have vi be
the default.
>How-To-Repeat:
Do a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.6 or lower and run vipw or send-pr and see that
the editor is vi.
>Fix:
modify
src/etc/root/dot.profile
by adding the lines
EDITOR=ee
export EDITOR
modify
src/etc/root/dot.login
by adding the line
setenv EDITOR ee
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: ee should be default editor of root
From: "Ross A. Lippert" <ripper@laverne.home>
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