On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:56:00PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 01:32:02PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > > Yes, what we are discussing will not affect newbies. But I imagine > > a lot of experienced users have EDITOR and especially PAGER set > > consistently, and this will affect them. > > If the history of the vi vs. emacs flamewars teach us anything, it's > that most experienced users would rather fight than switch when it > comes to editors. Frankly, if some stupid app insists on ignoring > what I've defined as the One True $EDITOR(tm), I would take it out > back, shoot it, drive a stake through its heart, chop off its head, > fill its mouth with garlic, and bury it under the crossroads at > midnight. That's how evil I think this proposal is.
I have to agree. If I set $EDITOR or $VISUAL to the editor I want, and some "integrated" application overrides that, it most certainly gets removed from my system. I honestly can't believe someone would suggest overriding a admin/user's choice in any way shape or form. What I've read of this proposal indicates just that, the overriding of a specified choice. -- Jamin W. Collins This is the typical unix way of doing things: you string together lots of very specific tools to accomplish larger tasks. -- Vineet Kumar
