On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:46:15PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > > Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon > > > update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is set to NOT use > > > mcedit, its internal editor > > What does "echo $EDITOR" say in your shell? > > tony@deathstar:~/.config/mc$ echo $EDITOR > > tony@deathstar:~/.config/mc$
What does "echo $VISUAL" say in your shell? > Apparently nothing, but when I do update-alternatives to set it, It shows > that vim.tiny is currently the chosen default (visudo uses it) > How do I set $EDITOR if not with update-alternatives? export EDITOR=vim.tiny (Assuming you are using bash as shell.) cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed