On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:14:58 +0200 Sebastian Haglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 14:00 +0200, Benedek Frank wrote: > > Hi > > > > Always, when I read a file, I type for example > > > > less /etc/acpi/acpi > > > > And in LESS, I can press "v" and I will get into vi for editing. It > > was very fne upuntil now, but nowdays I was removing quite a few > > packages, and suddenly when I press "v" inside "less" I will get > > mc's (Midnight Commander) editor, which is the blue screen. I really > > prefer hi the real good old "vi" for editing. How can I put it back? > > By the way, "vi" is still installed (nvi) and I can execute it like > > > > vi /etc/acpi/acpi > > > > Why less wont use vi as it's editor anymore? > > >From the less manpage: > > v Invokes an editor to edit the current file being viewed. > The > editor is taken from the environment variable VISUAL if > defined, or EDITOR if VISUAL is not defined, or defaults to > "vi" if nei- ther VISUAL nor EDITOR is defined. See also > the discussion of LESSEDIT under the section on PROMPTS below. > > > Check your VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables. Hi. Could you walk me through it please? I am not very comfortable with checking those variables, as I dont know how to. THanks. Benedek > > /Sebastian > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
