Thread: Default Command Line Editor?
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cvmiller is offline cvmiller
2007-12-17 , 17:14
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Originally Posted by ArgentSilver View Post
So I was installing a version of cron on my n800 (os2007), and it suggested to run crontab -e to setup after cron was installed. But then I didn't recognise the editor that opened up and couldn't figure out how to use it (most of the old-style CLI editors require ESC key, which I don't see on osso-xterm...). I fell back on putting cron jobs into a temp file and "installing" that using crontab, but I'm still curious about which editor opens as the os2007 default. Anyone know?
You can control this behaviour by setting the EDITOR shell variable. Setting it to something like (for ash)
export EDITOR=vi

should set you up for vi (if that is what you wanted).

I hope this helps,

Craig...
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