kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
>
> That's the option which the manpage, in its verbosity, fails to make
> clear. Ok, there is a paragraph buried at the end of the "DESCRIPTION"
> section, but it's a bit buried.
>
> Examples here would be very useful.
>
I get the distinct impression that, because -
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 06:28:34AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Not quite, I think.
>
> The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives for
> "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application is chosen
> I'm not sure.
>
> In my current case, I want to speci
> "Karsten" == kmself writes:
Dave> The easy way would be
Dave>
Dave> update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
Dave>
Dave> and select wmaker from the list to be your default.
Karsten> For those who are interested, the following script (run in
Karsten> /etc/alternatives) will list all
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 11:06:57AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
> > The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives
> > for "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application
> > is chosen I'm not sure.
>
> Despite the claim at the top of
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 11:06:57AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
> > The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives for
> > "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application is chosen
> > I'm not sure.
>
> Despite the claim at the top of
kmself@ix.netcom.com said:
> The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives for
> "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application is chosen
> I'm not sure.
Despite the claim at the top of --display's output, "auto" appears to be an
action rather than a state. Wh
On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 11:36:12PM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> On Aug 07 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > Can someone give me an example or two for how to change perferences
> > under /etc/alternatives using update-alternatives?
>
> Ok. To make a system work correctly, you'd do:
>
>
On Aug 07 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Can someone give me an example or two for how to change perferences
> under /etc/alternatives using update-alternatives?
Ok. To make a system work correctly, you'd do:
apt-get update
apt-get -y install emacs20 :-)
updat
Can someone give me an example or two for how to change perferences
under /etc/alternatives using update-alternatives?
I've got several of the editor links (editor, vi, associated manpages)
which point variously to nvi, ae, elvis, etc., on a box. I'd like them
to point to vim as they should .
Po
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