The default for Debian's less is to fall back to "/usr/bin/editor" instead of simply "vi".
I'm going to document that difference in README.Debian Thomas > Package: less > Version: 382-1 > Severity: normal > > > according to the manpage, less should invoke vi when v is pressed if > EDITOR or VISUAL env vars are not set > for some reason it insists on voking someother editor, in this case nano. > > vim is installed > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686-smp > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > Versions of packages less depends on: > ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities > specific t > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared > libraries an > ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal > hand > > -- no debconf information > -- DSL Komplett von GMX +++ Supergünstig und stressfrei einsteigen! AKTION "Kein Einrichtungspreis" nutzen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]