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Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes:

> If read strictly, this says that I must use "/usr/bin/editor" instead of
> invoking "editor" from the $PATH.  (I'm not sure I agree with that
> interpretation, but it came up in https://bugs.debian.org/682347.)
> Running "editor" from the $PATH instead of using that full path should
> be perfectly acceptable and IMHO is a better behavior, since it allows
> the user to put a custom editor in /usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin.

> Could this say something like

>       not set, the commands "editor" and "pager" should be used,
>       respectively. These commands can be invoked explicitly (e.g.
>       as /usr/bin/editor), or through a $PATH search (e.g. as
>       editor).

> ?

This wording seems fine to me.  Seconded.  (I volunteer to turn this into
a Git change if it gets enough seconds.)

-- 
Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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