Re: Setting the value for the EDITOR variable

2009-01-28 Thread Johan De Meersman
neas wrote: > > That would apply across all users then, wouldn't it? What if I wanted to > set it on a per user basis, but only for the MySQL sessions? > > Thanks, > George> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:47:07 -0800> Subject: Re: Setting the > value for the EDITOR varia

RE: Setting the value for the EDITOR variable

2009-01-28 Thread Xristos Karvouneas
That would apply across all users then, wouldn't it? What if I wanted to set it on a per user basis, but only for the MySQL sessions? Thanks, George> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:47:07 -0800> Subject: Re: Setting the value for the EDITOR variable> From: vegiv...@tuxera

Re: Setting the value for the EDITOR variable

2009-01-28 Thread Johan De Meersman
You need to set that in the script that starts your mysql daemon, probably /etc/init.d/mysql or something similar. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Xristos Karvouneas wrote: > > Dear All, > > I would like to be able to do that from the cnf file, as I want to have a > different editor for MySQL co

Re: Setting the value for the EDITOR variable

2009-01-27 Thread Paul DuBois
On Jan 27, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Xristos Karvouneas wrote: Dear All, I would like to be able to do that from the cnf file, as I want to have a different editor for MySQL commands than the one I use when writing shell scripts. When I put the following in the .my.cnf file, [shell] EDITOR=/usr/

Setting the value for the EDITOR variable

2009-01-27 Thread Xristos Karvouneas
Dear All, I would like to be able to do that from the cnf file, as I want to have a different editor for MySQL commands than the one I use when writing shell scripts. When I put the following in the .my.cnf file, [shell] EDITOR=/usr/local/bin/pico export EDITOR I get no error messages when m