> I noticed that somewhere ae has started taking over as the default > editor in place of vi/vim. > I have tried placing EDITOR="vi" in the /etc/profile line but it > doesn't always work. > > CVS was defaulting to ae. > crontab will sometimes default to ae. > > How do I fix this? ae is not at all what I am accustomed to and was > rather dismayed to find it so prevelant on all my systems overnight. > > Is there some history here I wasn't aware of?
type as root: update-alternatives --config editor man update-alternatives will tell you a lot of the history. pietro.
