On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:26:46 Mark wrote: > For some reason after installing and reinstalling vim, ae still remains > the default editor.
update-alternatives --config editor Debian provides a whole bunch of very nifty update-* scripts. Some of them are (man -k update-): update-alternatives (8) - maintain symbolic links determining default commands update-binfmts (8) - maintain registry of executable binary formats update-fonts-alias (8) - compile fonts.alias files update-fonts-dir (8) - compile fonts.dir files update-fonts-scale (8) - compile fonts.scale files update-inetd (8) - create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd.conf update-ispell-dictionary (8) - Bash script to select a new ispell default dictionary. update-menus (1) - generate Debian menu system update-mime (8) - create or update MIME information update-modules (8) - (re)generate /etc/modules.conf update-passwd (8) - safely update /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group update-rc.d (8) - install and remove System-V style init script links update-vfontcap (8) - No manpage for this program, utility or function. update-xanim-modules (8) - download updated modules for xanim M.