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From: Subramaniam Vincent <svincent@vince.avalon.rs.net>
To: Kim Culhan <kimc@w8hd.org>
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Subject: Re: vipw broken in 612 snap 
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yes. all you need to do is something like 

setenv EDITOR emacs 
or 
setenv EDITOR vi        (in the common .cshrc file)

> Known bug.  Edit root's .cshrc and change the value for EDITOR.
> 
> 					Jordan
> 
> > 
> > Running vipw returns:
> > 
> > vipw  /stand/ee: Undefined error: 0
> > 
> > Looks like ee was moved from /stand, copying it into /stand allows
> > vipw to run although the editor it starts isn't vi.
> > 
> > Anyone know what this editor is?  If you hit escape while running the
> > editor it puts up a little menu :)
> > 
> > kim
> > 
> > --
> > kimc@w8hd.org
> > 
> 
>