On 03/13/2010 07:35 AM, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> 2010/3/12 Eric Blake :
>> Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if
>> the editor of choice spawns a new window. Thus, it is also common to
>> see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the
>> shell wi
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 09:50:01AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if
> the editor of choice spawns a new window. Thus, it is also common to
> see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the
> shell will parse this a
2010/3/12 Eric Blake :
> Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if
> the editor of choice spawns a new window. Thus, it is also common to
> see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the
> shell will parse this as an argument to 'emacs' and not try
Common Unix practice is to prefer VISUAL over EDITOR, particularly if
the editor of choice spawns a new window. Thus, it is also common to
see settings like EDITOR='emacs -nw', with the expectation that the
shell will parse this as an argument to 'emacs' and not try to invoke
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