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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:13:21 +0100
From: Matthias Buelow <token@wuff.mayn.de>
To: "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" <freebsd@sasknow.com>,
	Guillaume Paquet <foub@globetrotter.net>
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Subject: Re: prompt and default editor
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Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD] wrote:

>> 2) How can I change the default editor of quota\crontab?  vi --> pico
> 
>setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/pico
>
>.. Should do the trick for "most" applications.  If not, you can always
>use:
>
>alias vi /usr/local/bin/pico

The second suggestion certainly won't make cron use pico.
The first will have the desired effect, though.

mkb


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