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Which OS/Linux distribution set default $EDITOR to vim? Personally I've never seen one, and I don't think vim is a sane default value for $EDITOR.
by fishywang 9y ago
Which OS/Linux distribution set default $EDITOR to vim? Personally I've never seen one, and I don't think vim is a sane default value for $EDITOR.
- recursive 9y agoDon't know about $EDITOR, but if you issue a git commit in Windows, and forget to specify -m, then you end up in vim.
- dom0 9y agoI dunno if it's actually vim or some variation on it, but it is the default on, for example, Arch Linux, although I believe most other distros dropped me into it as well (e.g. git commit / rebase -i). If there is such a thing as user hostile in the world of CLI tools, then dropping the user unannounced into vi with some open buffer most definitely counts as user hostile.
- 0xFFFE 9y agoIn Jessie, visudo lands you in nano, unless you explicitly set the $EDITOR.
- JdeBP 9y agoWhat are your thoughts on $VISUAL?