Re: nano vs VI

On 01/05/2014 03:37 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Choose 1-7 []: 6 > $ dpkg -S select-editor > sensible-utils: /usr/bin/select-editor > sensible-utils: /usr/share/man/man1/select-editor.1.gz > > As I see its changelog, it is only in testing/sid: so, it isn't in wheezy .. that's what I figured out:) # sel

Re: nano vs VI

On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:17:24AM +, Curt wrote: > On 2014-01-02, Paul Cartwright wrote: > > On 01/01/2014 08:01 PM, John Hasler wrote: > >> man select-editor > > man select-editor > > No manual entry for select-editor > > I think you need to install 'sensible-utils', which provides > > /us

Re: nano vs VI

On 01/02/2014 07:25 AM, shawn wilson wrote: No idea. I compile vim on Debian for ruby support (command-t). Probably vim-gtk. So I'm putting this back on the list. On Jan 2, 2014 7:19 AM, "Paul Cartwright"

Re: nano vs VI

No idea. I compile vim on Debian for ruby support (command-t). Probably vim-gtk. So I'm putting this back on the list. On Jan 2, 2014 7:19 AM, "Paul Cartwright" wrote: > On 01/02/2014 07:12 AM, shawn wilson wrote: > > > On Jan 1, 2014 7:43 PM, "Paul Cartwright" wrote: > > > > On 01/01/2014 07:0

Re: nano vs VI

On 01/02/2014 07:12 AM, shawn wilson wrote: On Jan 1, 2014 7:43 PM, "Paul Cartwright" wrote: > > On 01/01/2014 07:00 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > > Also perhaps: > > > > aptitude purge

Re: nano vs VI

On Jan 1, 2014 7:43 PM, "Paul Cartwright" wrote: > > On 01/01/2014 07:00 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > > Also perhaps: > > > > aptitude purge nano :-) > > > > Richard > thanks, I might do that also, since I use either VI or gedit.. > You do know about gvim right?

Re: nano vs VI

On 2014-01-02, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 01/01/2014 08:01 PM, John Hasler wrote: >> man select-editor > man select-editor > No manual entry for select-editor I think you need to install 'sensible-utils', which provides /usr/bin/sensible-browser /usr/bin/sensible-editor /usr/bin/sensible-pager

Re: nano vs VI

On 01/01/2014 08:01 PM, John Hasler wrote: > man select-editor man select-editor No manual entry for select-editor that's OK, I already did the .bashrc EDITOR=vi -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: nano vs VI

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Re: nano vs VI

On 01/01/2014 07:00 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > Also perhaps: > > aptitude purge nano :-) > > Richard thanks, I might do that also, since I use either VI or gedit.. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: nano vs VI

On 02/01/14 04:20, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > 01.01.2014 15:09, Andreas Rönnquist: >> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:59:24 -0500, >> Paul Cartwright wrote: >> >>> ok, so I have a wheezy setup. When I do a crontab -e to EDIT my >>> crontab, it brings up a nano session. I'm a VI kind guy, how do I >>> change

Re: nano vs VI

On 01/01/2014 10:20 AM, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > ... and if you rather want to change the system default, do > > update-alternatives --config editor > > as root. > > P.S.: Sorry Andeas for the PM. Shouldn't have happened, but the brain > controlling my fingers seems to be still stuck in 2013... t

Re: nano vs VI

01.01.2014 15:09, Andreas Rönnquist: > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:59:24 -0500, > Paul Cartwright wrote: > >> ok, so I have a wheezy setup. When I do a crontab -e to EDIT my >> crontab, it brings up a nano session. I'm a VI kind guy, how do I >> change that so VI comes up?? >> > > It gets the editor f

Re: nano vs VI

Paul Cartwright writes: > ok, so I have a wheezy setup. When I do a crontab -e to EDIT my crontab, > it brings up a nano session. I'm a VI kind guy, how do I change that so > VI comes up?? Most generally, you should set the environmental variable EDITOR to be your favorite editor. For example,

Re: nano vs VI

On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:59:24 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: >ok, so I have a wheezy setup. When I do a crontab -e to EDIT my >crontab, it brings up a nano session. I'm a VI kind guy, how do I >change that so VI comes up?? > It gets the editor from the EDITOR environment variable - to change to vi,

nano vs VI

ok, so I have a wheezy setup. When I do a crontab -e to EDIT my crontab, it brings up a nano session. I'm a VI kind guy, how do I change that so VI comes up?? -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o