The preferred (Debian) way to change this would be to update-alternatives. Set the editor alternative to your favorite text editor.
man update-alternatives /Wes Wesley A. Wannemacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructor, Network Administrator University of Northwestern Ohio http://www.unoh.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan E Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 3:55 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: crontab > > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 08:16:18PM -0000, Ari Sigurðsson wrote: > > how do I get crontab -e to use my favorite editor? > > Set the environment variable EDITOR to your favorite editor, e.g. > EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi or > EDITOR=/usr/bin/emacs > > (If you're using csh do five hail marys and alter the above > accordingly :) > > -- > Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better > Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton >
