Of the Vim packages, only vim-tiny is installed by default and it has a lower priority than nano. Choosing to install other editor packages implies that you know how to use them and won't be bothered by them now being the provider for editor.
If that's not true, then you can manually change the editor alternative to nano or set $EDITOR to sensible-editor (from the sensible-utils package) which will ask (and remember) what editor to use. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to vim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869069 Title: Vim $EDITOR alternative priority too high Status in vim package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Recently (In less than 2 weeks) vim has replaced Nano as the default $EDITOR in Ubuntu. I don't want to start an editor war, but vim is not a suitable editor for beginners. Nano is much better alternative as it is very simple and displays key shortcuts always on screen. Those who really want to use vim can change the default themselves easily. $ sudo update-alternatives --config editor There are 6 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /usr/bin/vim.gtk 50 auto mode 1 /bin/ed -100 manual mode 2 /bin/nano 40 manual mode 3 /usr/bin/emacs23 0 manual mode 4 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode 5 /usr/bin/vim.gtk 50 manual mode 6 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 10 manual mode ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: vim 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Oct 6 14:00:36 2011 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: vim UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-19 (139 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/869069/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
