On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 11:36:43PM +0000, Vittorio wrote: > As I've read in the net, I've configured the language for latex > modifying language.dat file by hand decommenting Italian (I didn't use > texconfig!). > > Now, at each boot, I'm receiving a message like this: > > Nvi recovery program [28/06/01 16:05 +0000]: > > On Wed Jun 27 19:40:15 2001, the user root was editing a > > file named /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat > > on the machine debian, when it was saved for recovery. You > > can recover most, if not all, of the changes to this file > > using the -r option to vi: > > > > vi -r /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat > > > > And issuing the following command: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config$ vi -r language.dat > > No files named language.dat, readable by you, to recover > > What shall I do?
apt-get --purge remove nvi apt-get install vim-rt vim update-alternatives --config editor update-alternatives --config vi -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #43 from Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2 matched vim config) : Wondering how to SELECT YOUR DEFAULT TEXT EDITOR? You can set your prefered editor with: update-alternatives --config editor Also it helps to set your EDITOR environment variable: export EDITOR=`which vim` =Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...