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Don't use $EDITOR, use $VISUAL #19

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HaleTom opened this issue Jul 13, 2018 · 0 comments
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Don't use $EDITOR, use $VISUAL #19

HaleTom opened this issue Jul 13, 2018 · 0 comments

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HaleTom commented Jul 13, 2018

VISUAL vs EDITOR what's the difference?

The EDITOR editor should be able to work without use of "advanced" terminal functionality (like old ed or ex mode of vi). It was used on teletype terminals.

A VISUAL editor could be a full screen editor as vi or emacs.

Please change to:

${VISUAL:-vim} -c "SuperMan $*"

Visual is where vi got its name from after all! :)

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