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Mala Zaba
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 12:32 am    Post subject: how can replace the default nano editor by vim in Mutt Reply with quote

all in the subject! :lol:
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

set editor="vim -c ':0;/^Subject: '"
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a line for editor in your /etc/profile - I think that's what I changed.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

alec wrote:
There's a line for editor in your /etc/profile - I think that's what I changed.


Yeah... I'm not sure exactly where it's at right this this second, but it's a variable by the name of EDITOR="vim"... it says "nano" right now.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks... It's in the /etc/profile... export EDITOR="/usr/bin/nano"
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