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Date:      Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:42:20 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        Ian Barnes <creati0n@area.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vipw
Message-ID:  <20011017104220.C64041@jonc.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <GHELLEBMKFNBOCDINMEJKEFFCAAA.creati0n@area.co.za>; from creati0n@area.co.za on Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 11:42:58PM %2B0200
References:  <GHELLEBMKFNBOCDINMEJKEFFCAAA.creati0n@area.co.za>

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On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 11:42:58PM +0200, Ian Barnes wrote:
> how do i change the editor that vipw uses from vi to joe. i know it can be
> done, just dont know how.

Add the EDITOR environment to your shell:

    setenv EDITOR joe           (for csh users)
    export EDITOR=joe           (for sh users)

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Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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