Tom Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Henri J. Schlereth wrote:
>
> > The new updated elm package for RH 7.1 defaults to using emacs
> > as the editor. So if you dont have emacs installed you wont be
> > able to edit on replies. And if you dont like emacs ...... <grin>
> >
> > Previous default was vi. This can be fixed by editing your
> > options and changing every instance of emacs to /bin/vi
> >
> > I think it is just an evil plot by some emacs user at RedHat
> > myself. No names mentioned. :)
> >
> > Bugzilla #49232
>
> Is teg the elm maintainer?? :-)
Yup. Elm picks up my EDITOR setting during configuration[1], and uses
that as the default. To not have elm do that, just set your own EDITOR
variable - this is just a change of the default (unintended, so it
will be hardcoded back to /bin/vi), and not a bug as such
[1] A semi-manual process
--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
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