On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 04:28:08AM -0500, Henri J. Schlereth wrote:
> The new updated elm package for RH 7.1 defaults to using emacs
> as the editor. So if you dont have emacs installed you wont be
> able to edit on replies. And if you dont like emacs ...... <grin>
Is it for consistency with the default command editing in
bash and the message editor in Netscape Messenger?
Because emacs is modeless its quicker than vi for newbies to learn the
basics. I have that on authority from some newbies who wanted to
learn both.
>
> Previous default was vi. This can be fixed by editing your
> options and changing every instance of emacs to /bin/vi
>
> I think it is just an evil plot by some emacs user at RedHat
> myself. No names mentioned. :)
>
> Bugzilla #49232
>
> Henri J. Schlereth
>
>
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