Seems to be set by this file. cat /etc/profile.d/nano-default-editor.sh # Ensure GNU nano is set as EDITOR if it isn't already set
if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then export EDITOR="/usr/bin/nano" fi On 26 Feb 2025 at 17:41, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Date sent: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:41:56 -0500 To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> From: Robert Moskowitz <r...@htt-consult.com> Subject: Replacing nano with vim - logout needed? Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > I ran: > > dnf install vim-default-editor --allowerasing > > But I am still getting nano when I try to "crontab -e" > > Do I have to logout and back in for this change to take? Or is there an > easier way? > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mi...@guam.net mailto:msetze...@gmail.com mailto:msetze...@gmx.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue