How can I change my default text editor in Fedora?

Dunhausen · #1 22nd November 2004, 06:02 AM

I would like to change it to emacs, so that 'crontab -e' brings up the emacs editor.

I tried adding:
UAEDITOR=emacs
EDITOR=emacs
VISUAL=emacs

to my .bash_profile but to no avail.

Does anyone know where I can configure this?

Much thanks.

s_reynisson · #2 22nd November 2004, 06:38 AM

The -e option uses either the VISUAL or the EDITOR environment variables (see man crontab). Did you add the variable to the export statement at the bottom of the file? ie. "export EDITOR" w/o the quotes.

Dunhausen · #3 22nd November 2004, 07:14 AM

Bah, no, Ijust inserted it after if...basrc...fi which is where I saw it in another file. I added the 'export' command and it works fine now.

Thanks a lot.

This is my new .bash_profile

Code:

pimeson@w102a new =) $ cat ~/.bash_profile
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# me trying to change default editor
export UAEDITOR=emacs
export EDITOR=emacs
export VISUAL=emacs
# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH
unset USERNAME