Hi Gottfried, On 2023-03-11 10:33, Gottfried wrote: > Hi, > > because of my limited knowledge > when opening my config.scm file with sudo > I can do it only with nano > But nano doesn’t show the matching parenthesis. > > 1. > I would like to open my config.scm file with emacs or gedit, > because both show the matching parenthesis.
Change the EDITOR environment variable, i.e. $ export EDITOR=emacs > > How can I do that? > ..................................................... > 2. > In emacs it opens the file only in read-able mode. > How can I change this? Use sudoedit. > > 4. > Are there commands on the command line > to open my config.scm file with emacs/gedit in sudo mode? > .................................................... EDITOR=emacs sudoedit config.scm Cheers, Bruno
