swift 11/08/15 20:37:55 Modified: vi-guide.xml Log: Fix bug #379195 - Update how to select an editor, also mention this for user-only changes
Revision Changes Path 1.17 xml/htdocs/doc/en/vi-guide.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/vi-guide.xml?rev=1.17&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/vi-guide.xml?rev=1.17&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/vi-guide.xml?r1=1.16&r2=1.17 Index: vi-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/vi-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.16 retrieving revision 1.17 diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17 --- vi-guide.xml 19 May 2008 19:59:02 -0000 1.16 +++ vi-guide.xml 15 Aug 2011 20:37:55 -0000 1.17 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/vi-guide.xml,v 1.16 2008/05/19 19:59:02 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/vi-guide.xml,v 1.17 2011/08/15 20:37:55 swift Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/vi-guide.xml"> @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ catering to beginners. </abstract> -<version>1.1.7</version> -<date>2005-07-21</date> +<version>2</version> +<date>2011-08-15</date> <chapter> <title>Getting Started</title> @@ -715,15 +715,33 @@ </p> <p> -If you want to use vi as your default editor make the following change -to <path>/etc/rc.conf</path>: +If you want to use vi as your default editor, use <c>eselect</c>: </p> <pre caption="Setting vi as the default editor"> -<comment>(Set EDITOR to your preferred editor.)</comment> -#EDITOR="/bin/nano" -EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim" -#EDITOR="/usr/bin/emacs" +~# <i>eselect editor list</i> +Available targets for the EDITOR variable: + [1] /bin/nano + [2] /bin/ed + [3] /usr/bin/ex + [4] /usr/bin/vi + [ ] (free form) + +~# <i>eselect editor set 4</i> +Setting EDITOR to /usr/bin/vi ... +>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... +Run ". /etc/profile" to update the variable in your shell. +</pre> + +<p> +If you want to set this for your user only instead of system wide, set the +<c>EDITOR</c> variable in your <path>~/.bashrc</path>: +</p> + +<pre caption="Setting vi as the users' editor"> +~$ <i>vi ~/.bashrc</i> +<comment>(...)</comment> +export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi" </pre> </body>
