Making nano the global editor (including root user)?

Vi isn't my strong suit so I decided to make nano my global editor by editing my /etc/profile file. However, whenever I do something like 'sudo crontab -e', it still opens it in vi, how can I force it to open in nano?
EDIT: I didn't really mind vi for edting before but I updated my system yesterday and the behavior of it's changed for some reason. Before I was able to use the arrow keys to navigate text files, even in insert mode but now, it inserts characters when I try to use the arrow keys in insert mode. So to edit the files, I have to enter insert mode, do the editing that I want in one location, exit insert mode, move onto the next location, etc. It's really annoying, that's the main reason I want to use nano instead.
-SMRT
Last edited by iamsmrt (2009-09-21 19:14:37)

ugkbunb wrote:
iamsmrt wrote:I think that's only for your user and doesn't work for root/sudo.
couldn't u just make a .bashrc/.zshrc in your /root folder with the same export?
Tried it, it didn't work.
Doing that and editing my /etc/profile to export a VISUAL variable allows me to edit my crontab with nano when I'm logged in as root. However, when I try "sudo crontab -e" logged in as any user (including root), it opens my crontab in vi.

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