On 03-Jun-99, 09:26 (CDT), Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe we could rename sensible-editor to editor. I just hate having > two things make the same. > > editor could be removed and sensible-editor would be renamed to editor > and call /etc/alternatives/editor when $EDITOR is unset. The > additional bash that gets started is irellevant, since bash will be in > memory anyway and exec $EDITOR frees the little unshared memory.
No, this I object to. The alternative 'editor' serves a useful purpose: it is the system default editor, as determined by the system administrator. Sensible-editor tries to obey the user's desired editor, and attempts fallbacks if that won't work or is not set. Your proposal doesn't change what actually happens, it just bypasses[1] the update-alternatives system. Steve [1] Actually, it doesn't work at all: where does the link /etc/alternatives/editor come from if /usr/bin/editor isn't managed by update-alternatives?
