On Mon, 2023-12-25 at 09:29 +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2023-12-23 15:34:49+0100, Gioele Barabucci wrote: > > While we are on the topic of alternatives, I hope to see the > > maintscript-based /etc/alternatives paradigm deprecated in favor of > > the package-based X-is-X paradigm introduced by `python-is- > > python3`. > > I hope not. For example, as a user it is nice to execute a single > command (update-alternatives) to get a high priority alternative for > "editor". I use my locally built /usr/local/bin/emacs as the editor. > > /etc/alternatives/editor -> /usr/local/bin/emacs
Users should just set the VISUAL environment variable. Alternatives are the wrong tool to set user preferences as they can only be set globally and only by root. (editor-is-emacs has the same problem of course...) Ansgar
