> why not modify sudo to not filter the EDITOR env var then there is no > more problem
no, there is a very valid reason why sudo filters the EDITOR env var. sudo should probably be fixed to (re)set the EDITOR variable to a 'safe' systemwide default, instead of stripping it completely. is there a list of sudo 'safe' EDITORs somewhere? bangert
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