On 2012-01-11 14:43, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
| > The current code makes assumptions about environment that are not
| > necessarily true.
| 
| Please just $EDITOR to whatever you want; vi is not the default; it's
| the fallback if $EDITOR is not set.
| 
| I didn't invent $EDITOR; it's apparently some sort of a convention or
| semi-standard.

Using EDITOR is standard thing. But this is not related to discussion
where program makes assumptions about being run under controlling
terminal.

The least program should do, is to display:

    Next, an $EDITOR will be started. Hit enter when ready...

Instead of

    hit enter...

Jari



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