Bob Works for me:
macpro: ~ > which bbedit /usr/bin/bbedit in .bash_profile : #export EDITOR='vi' export EDITOR='/usr/bin/bbedit' macpro: ~ > source .bash_profile macpro: ~ > echo $EDITOR /usr/bin/bbedit macpro: ~ > crontab -e (opens crontab in bbedit) crontab: no changes made to crontab macpro: ~ > François On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:04 PM, bobPCL wrote: > Thanks for the response, sorry I wasn't clear. What I'm trying to do is use a > command line window (e.g. terminal) and type the word "edit" and get bbedit > to open. I have another script I want to run that using the default > environment editor, which is currently not bbedit. > > So do you (or anyone) know how to make bbedit the "preferred" editor? > > > On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 7:05:51 PM UTC-4, Rich Siegel wrote: > > > >"-bash: edit: command not found". > > "edit" is not a bash command. You can invoke BBEdit using > "bbedit"; but the EDITOR variable is used by other programs to > invoke your preferred editor, and has no bearing on what you can > (or can't) do at the command line. > > R. > -- > Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc. > <[email protected]> <http://www.barebones.com/> > > Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they > sedate me. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> > If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, > please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
