> Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sorry, I think I was unclear: VISUAL is an environment variable. > It isn't Mutt-specific. You might want to look at the > documentation for your shell for more information. > > If you use bash, putting > > export VISUAL=vim > > in your .bash_profile or .bashrc should set the variable for > future sessions. > > info bash > > will show take you to the bash documentation. > > (I'm guessing you use bash since it's the default shell in most > GNU/Linux distributions.) > > If you have VISUAL set in your environment, you shouldn't need to > set the Mutt "editor" variable, although it certainly doesn't hurt > to do so. > > > Is that why I sometimes see headers with X-editor: Vim? > > No, that's actually an extra header people add because they want > others to know they use Vim. > > Sam
Thanks Sam, I'll get on it! -- Nick Wilson Tel: +45 3325 0688 Fax: +45 3325 0677 Web: www.explodingnet.com
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