* Dave Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-18 15:56]: > vi launched from a shell says: > :ve > VIM - Vi IMproved 5.6 (2000 Jan 16, compiled May 1 2000 16:14:28) > Included patches: 1-62, 64-70 > > from inside mutt: > :ve > version 1.79 (10/23/96) The CSRG, University of California, Berkeley.
now, that's nvi. so i suppose you have "set editor=vi" in your muttrc. if you want vim the "set editor=vim", of course. > How can I tell what my $editor (or #editor) is set to? > Is this a .bashrc thing or a .muttrc? if you want vim for all applications then you can set it via the shell - unless the setup of the programs override it with another editor. > Obviosly I am running a different editor from inside of mutt ... > Is there a way in .muttrc to specify /usr/bin/vi as my editor? set editor=/usr/bin/vi i suppose this is a symlink to vim. however, when you call vim as "vi" then it will try to behave like vi leaving out all the addon features. so - make up your mind and rtfm: ":help compatible-default" and, no, this is not a mutt thing. wrong list. use comp.editors instead. but rtfm first. or else: flame. "you have been warned" and all that. Sven [tame? ME? ha!]