Bob again in .bash_profile
alias edit='/usr/local/bbedit' macpro: ~ > source .bash_profile macpro: ~ > alias edit alias edit='/usr/bin/bbedit' macpro: ~ > edit .bash_profile Cheers François On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:25 PM, bobPCL wrote: > thanks. That does work for crontab. Unfortunately it does work if you say > "edit file.name", you can say bbedit but not edit. > > I guess it only works in some contexts. On my old unix systems I used to have > emacs come up instead of vi, I just can't remember how I used to do it. > > On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:08:38 PM UTC-4, François Schiettecatte wrote: > 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> -- 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>
