Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:46:01 +0100 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update editor choice Message-ID: <20151215124601.GA4020@becker.bs.l> In-Reply-To: <20151213182848.M69104@brightstar.bomgardner.net> References: <20151213182848.M69104@brightstar.bomgardner.net>
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Hi, On Sunday, 13. Dec 2015, 12:31:22 -0600, Gene wrote: > I'm using freebsd-update to update my 10.1 system to 10.2. When merging files, > it insists on using the 'vi' editor. I really, really, REALLY, despise vi. Is > there a way to get it to use another editor? The problem I fussed about many times and long times without any understanding up to this day is not how but _where_ to set the EDITOR environment variable. There is - /etc/login.conf - /etc/rc - /etc/profile (and /etc/zprofile) - /etc/csh.cshrc (or /etc/zshrc) - ~/.profile (and ~/.zprofile) - ~/.shrc, ~/.cshrc, (or ~/.zshrc) - probably some more I forgot here Some programs change their behaviour in dependence of the EDITOR variable. For example if you log into a host with the command $ ssh otherhost -t tmux most of the above files are left unregarded and the TMux option 'status-keys' may be set to an undesired value. Is there any documentation in which order and under which circumstances the above files are executed or come into respect? By the way: there was a time when I considered Vi/Vim a really, really, REALLY weird approach to editing. Then I managed to change my opinion and gave it a try. It was one of the best decisions in my life. Of course, this mail is written in Vim. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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