Works, thanks.

On 02/10/2010 14:04, Grissiom wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM, [email protected]
> <[email protected]>  wrote:
>>   I'm having difficulty changing a
>> crontab editor to vim, I've tried both
>> $EDITOR and $VISUAL as both /usr/bin/vim
>> and just vim. I've also made a symlink
>> /etc/alternatives/editor ->  /usr/bin/vim
>>
>> In bash this changes the editor as I'd
>> expect
>>      $ export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
>>
>> but in fish I still get nano even after
>> this (I've checked that the variable is
>> set correctly)
>>      $ set -U EDITOR /usr/bin/vim
>>
>> It's an ubuntu box if that makes any
>> difference.
>>
> Try `set -Ux EDITOR vim`. It works on my box.
>


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