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Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager?
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Paul Fox |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager? |
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:55:19 -0500 |
paul wrote:
>
>
> Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> > .. If the chain Editor: -> $VISUAL -> $EDITOR comes up empty, ed is a
> > perfectly reasonable default.
>
> +1.
>
> > Realistically, leaving it set to "vi" (not "/usr/bin/vi") is fine.
>
> i'm +- on that. vi is optional in posix, meaning some systems don't have
> to be able to install it, and it's optional in the field, meaning that
> some systems actually don't have it.
and i'd bet precious few of those have mh installed.
>
> most people set VISUAL in their profiles.
while i'm sure that's true, i'm curious now where it comes from these
days, or how the user knows to set it. i expected to find it
defaulted in /etc/profile.d or /etc/skel, but it's in neither place.
the VISUAL vs. EDITOR distinction is a bit anachronistic, these days.
paul
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- Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager?, Lyndon Nerenberg, 2013/01/14
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager?, Paul Fox, 2013/01/14
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager?, Ken Hornstein, 2013/01/14
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager?, Lyndon Nerenberg, 2013/01/14
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager?, Lyndon Nerenberg, 2013/01/14
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Ditch autoconf selection of pager?, Ralph Corderoy, 2013/01/14