* Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-01-2002 16:51]: | > | > Wouldn't Mutt actually ignore $EDITOR if $VISUAL is set? | > | > Nick, it's probably a good idea to set VISUAL=vim, anyway, since | > many other applications will then know what editor you prefer. | | Sounds fine to me Sam, I don't know what VISUAL is though? | I presume it's a config var, I'll go look it up on the manual. | Is that why I sometimes see headers with X-editor: Vim?
$EDITOR and $VISUAL are environment variables. Programmes read them, and use values that are set. Try and type 'set' at a shell prompt. They are usually set system wide in /etc/profile, and per user, if you use bash (you probably will) in ~/.bash_profile. Check it out! | How will other apps know what I prefer if this is a mutt thing? Through environment variables ;) -- René Clerc - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Beware how you take away hope from another human being. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
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