On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 04:22:42AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:21:47 +0100, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > /usr/bin/editor is not only something invoked directly. It's also > > invoked by programs as the default editor. And, if vim is the only > > editor installed on the system, it had better be the default editor > > for such programs! > > Is that not an argument for emacs also providing > /usr/bin/editor alternatives, since emacs may be the sole editor on > the system?
Yes, I see no reason why emacs (or emacsclient or whatever - I don't use it myself) shouldn't provide an editor alternative. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]