Thank you, I'm very grateful that I subscribed to mailing list. I just accepted the fact that I don't understand how to use hold, so I changed editor to acme :-]. I don't know why I just didn't read rio(1) man page before.
qugalet 14 січня 2026 р. 19:29:45 GMT+02:00, qwx via 9fans <[email protected]> пише: >On Wed Jan 14 16:00:30 +0100 2026, [email protected] wrote: > >> I am trying to set the default editor in 9front as when I commit to git it >> uses _hold_ by default for the commit message. I can't figure out how to >> save the commit with _hold_ and so my commits are not being committed. (I >> tried C-d and Delete. C-d enters strange characters, and Delete exists but >> doesn't save. >> >> I tried changing the editor thus: >> >> echo 'editor=sam' >> $home/lib/profile >> >> Rebooted and tried: >> >> echo $editor >> >> Nothing. >> >> Thanks. > > You need to hit ^d to send an EOT character, which is what you saw, > then Esc (or ^; or ^[) to exit hold mode (see rio(1)), not Del. > > qwx ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T77bc41510f2a92db-M87a7cb2d8a9f6e63eb21830e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
