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Re: [Help-bash] How the editor is determined when 'v' is type in bash (s
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [Help-bash] How the editor is determined when 'v' is type in bash (set -o vi)? |
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Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:26:23 -0500 |
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On 12/28/13, 4:15 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In some machine, it opens vim when 'v' is typed. In some machine, nano
> is used. VISUAL and EDITOR are not set in these machines. Does anybody
> know what determines which editor to use? Thanks.
It depends on the editing mode.
#define VI_EDIT_COMMAND "fc -e \"${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}}\""
#define EMACS_EDIT_COMMAND "fc -e \"${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-emacs}}\""
#define POSIX_VI_EDIT_COMMAND "fc -e vi"
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