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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:03:48 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Re: Starting the desktop environment doesn't work automatically
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:54:55 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> If I make mcedit the default editor, could this cause serious issues,  
> perhaps if upgrading the kernel and world?

I'm also using it regularly:

	% echo $EDITOR
	mcedit

No problems so far. The only exception: The editor is not
available when starting in SUM, and /usr (and therefor /usr/local)
is not mounted. In such a situation where mcedit cannot be
made available, /rescue/vi (residing on the / partition) is
the best choice if you urgently need to edit something.
The vi editor even works when terminal capabilities are
not "sufficiently" provided.



> I don't like vi and similar  
> editors.

You don't need to like vi, but you should know the most
basic actions to use this editor in _worst case_. :-)





-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
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Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...