Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> John Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Hi all
> > 
> > tryng to change the default editor on a potato 2.2.r4 system so users
> > who're not comfortable with vi can use mutt to send messages
> > 
> > I tried:
> > 
> > EDITOR=jed; export EDITOR
> > 
> > which works until the user logs out
> > 
> > any thoughts on making it stick?
> 
> Put:
> 
> export EDITOR=jed
> 
> in your ~/.bashrc...  or:
> 
> set editor=jed
> 
> in your ~/.muttrc

Sorry, I forgot:

# update-alternatives --config editor

as another way.

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