From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 23 17:36:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA10252 for current-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 17:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA10243 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 17:36:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with SMTP id RAA19039 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 17:36:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA14567; Thu, 23 May 1996 17:35:58 -0700 Message-Id: <199605240035.RAA14567@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: Paul Richards cc: nawaz921@cs.uidaho.edu (faried nawaz), chuckr@Glue.umd.edu, freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: editors In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 May 1996 10:32:50 BST." <199605230932.KAA17769@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 17:35:57 -0700 From: Doug White Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -------- Donning asbestos suit...:-) > > Incidentally, I made the suggestion on -chat that the EDITOR setting > become an installation option. I second this. A fellow FreeBSD hacker and I just about fainted when we got this wacky thing when we typed 'vipw' after getting a SNAP machine up. I think I still get it - at least I know how to fix it! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major