On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2011-12-20, johnw <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The aliases are not neccesary. I suspect root's shell is in vi mode. >>> Check with set -o >>> >>> -Otto >> >> >> Yes, i have this one in ~/.kshrc, >> export EDITOR=vim. >> delete this can solve the problem. >> >> thank all. >> > > If you still want to use vim (or any editor containing the > string 'vi') in programs which use EDITOR without invoking > this "feature" of the shell, create a symlink containing > the string 'emacs' and use that in EDITOR instead..
Or: EDITOR=vi VISUAL=not_emacs $ ls -al /usr/bin/not_emacs lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2 Dec 21 11:03 /usr/bin/not_emacs -> vi
