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Date:      Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:13:21 +0100
From:      Matthias Buelow <token@wuff.mayn.de>
To:        "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" <freebsd@sasknow.com>, Guillaume Paquet <foub@globetrotter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: prompt and default editor
Message-ID:  <19991122111321.A17015@wuff.mayn.de>
In-Reply-To: <383890FB.67D65021@sasknow.com>; from Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD] on Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 06:40:27PM -0600
References:  <001e01bf345b$722ec800$0201a8c0@cgocable.ca> <383890FB.67D65021@sasknow.com>

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Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD] wrote:

>> 2) How can I change the default editor of quota\crontab?  vi --> pico
> 
>setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/pico
>
>.. Should do the trick for "most" applications.  If not, you can always
>use:
>
>alias vi /usr/local/bin/pico

The second suggestion certainly won't make cron use pico.
The first will have the desired effect, though.

mkb


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