Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 22:48:55 -0300 From: Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br> To: Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setting environment variable "EDITOR" in vipw Message-ID: <3925EF07.66151395@tdnet.com.br> References: <018201bfc1fb$f1eb8780$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>
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Doug Young wrote: > > I'm trying to change the default editor in vipw from "vi" to "ee" . > "Man vipw" tells me I need to do something with an environment > variable, but doesn't say exactly where the thing is. I've browsed > around the mailing list archives but although lots of people appear > to have had problems with the same issue, there doesn't appear > to be any straightforward explanation of environment variables. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message setenv EDITOR ee <enter> The above, only works if your shell is csh. if sh: export EDITOR=ee -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect! Reboot now? [ OK] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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