Andy Smith :
As to why whatever it is set as right now is doing that, first work
out where it is getting the setting from, so echo $EDITOR and echo
$VISUAL. If neither of those are set then ls -la /usr/bin/editor.
Thanks Andy.
either $EDITOR or $VISUAL in my system is empty.
And /usr/bin/editor points to nano.
Then I run this command,
$ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
There are 4 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /bin/nano 40 auto mode
1 /bin/ed -100 manual mode
2 /bin/nano 40 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 15 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 3
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.basic to provide /usr/bin/editor
(editor) in manual mode
to choose vim.basic as default editor.
In my system both vim.basic and vim are the same stuff,
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Aug 27 2024 05:34:22)
Included patches: 1-16, 647, 17-579, 1969, 580-647, 678, 648-1848, 4975,
5016, 5023, 5072, 2068, 1849-1854, 1857, 1855-1857, 1331, 1858,
1858-1859, 1873, 1860-1969, 1992, 1970-1992, 2010, 1993-2068, 2106,
2069-2106, 2108, 2107-2109, 2109-3995, 4563, 4646, 4774, 4895, 4899,
4901, 4919, 213, 1840, 1846-1847, 2110-2112, 2121
...
$ vim.basic --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Aug 27 2024 05:34:22)
Included patches: 1-16, 647, 17-579, 1969, 580-647, 678, 648-1848, 4975,
5016, 5023, 5072, 2068, 1849-1854, 1857, 1855-1857, 1331, 1858,
1858-1859, 1873, 1860-1969, 1992, 1970-1992, 2010, 1993-2068, 2106,
2069-2106, 2108, 2107-2109, 2109-3995, 4563, 4646, 4774, 4895, 4899,
4901, 4919, 213, 1840, 1846-1847, 2110-2112, 2121
...
Then I logged out and re-login the system, run 'crontab -e', the error
still shows. Maybe I got bad luck today. :(
Regards.
