Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:03:37 -0553.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update editor choice Message-ID: <56702A7F.70404@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20151215124601.GA4020@becker.bs.l> References: <20151213182848.M69104@brightstar.bomgardner.net> <20151215124601.GA4020@becker.bs.l>
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On 12/15/15 06:52, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday, 13. Dec 2015, 12:31:22 -0600, Gene wrote: >> I'm using freebsd-update to update my 10.1 system to 10.2. When merging files, >> it insists on using the 'vi' editor. I really, really, REALLY, despise vi. Is >> there a way to get it to use another editor? > The problem I fussed about many times and long times without > any understanding up to this day is not how but _where_ to > set the EDITOR environment variable. There is > > - /etc/login.conf > - /etc/rc > - /etc/profile (and /etc/zprofile) > - /etc/csh.cshrc (or /etc/zshrc) > - ~/.profile (and ~/.zprofile) > - ~/.shrc, ~/.cshrc, (or ~/.zshrc) > - probably some more I forgot here > > Some programs change their behaviour in dependence of the > EDITOR variable. For example if you log into a host with the > command > > $ ssh otherhost -t tmux > > most of the above files are left unregarded and the TMux > option 'status-keys' may be set to an undesired value. > > Is there any documentation in which order and under which > circumstances the above files are executed or come into > respect? > > By the way: there was a time when I considered Vi/Vim a > really, really, REALLY weird approach to editing. Then I > managed to change my opinion and gave it a try. It was one > of the best decisions in my life. Of course, this mail is > written in Vim. > > Bertram Preach it *LOUD*, brother ;-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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