[SOLVED] How to set $EDITOR

for some reason my system doesn't have anything set for $EDITOR. Obviously I could set it with
export EDITOR=nano
in my .bashrc file but that just feels sloppy. Is there a better way, a more recommended way that is, to set it? I feel like there must be a setting in some configuration file somewhere for it already.
Last edited by Zarcjap (2012-02-05 16:14:48)

swanson wrote:'System-wide' does that include root as well? I've some problems with aliases for root.
Please open another thread, give us more info about your settings and post some examples - what works, what doesn't - for the regular users and for root.

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Last edited by trusktr (2012-04-04 17:17:04)

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Last edited by trusktr (2010-07-24 03:21:14)

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