On 7/31/20 11:26 AM, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>>> "If EDITOR is not set, bashbug attempts to locate a number of
>>> alternative editors, including emacs, and defaults to vi."
>>>
>>> The word "defaults" there implies that vi is the preferred autolocated
>>> editor, but the intention is to have it the l
Chet Ramey writes:
>> "If EDITOR is not set, bashbug attempts to locate a number of
>> alternative editors, including emacs, and defaults to vi."
>>
>> The word "defaults" there implies that vi is the preferred autolocated
>> editor, but the intention is to have it the least preferred.
>
> I don'
On 2020-07-31 at 11:26 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> In the sentence in the bashbug manpage, does the word "default" refer to
> the probing or what happens when probing fails?
>
> My belief is that people reading the manpage will understand it to mean
> the former (more natural reading).
>
> Your
On 7/31/20 11:15 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 7/31/20 11:05 AM, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>> On 7/31/20 9:24 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
>>> On 7/31/20 4:14 AM, jazz_...@arcor.de wrote:
>>>
Bash Version: 5.0
Patch Level: 17
Release Status: release
Description: bashbug doesn't use vi as d
On 7/31/20 11:05 AM, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> On 7/31/20 9:24 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> On 7/31/20 4:14 AM, jazz_...@arcor.de wrote:
>>
>>> Bash Version: 5.0
>>> Patch Level: 17
>>> Release Status: release
>>>
>>> Description: bashbug doesn't use vi as default editor
>>
>> This is not a bug.
>
> The d
On 7/31/20 9:24 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 7/31/20 4:14 AM, jazz_...@arcor.de wrote:
>
>> Bash Version: 5.0
>> Patch Level: 17
>> Release Status: release
>>
>> Description: bashbug doesn't use vi as default editor
>
> This is not a bug.
The documentation is confusing (and IMHO wrong).
"If EDITO
On 7/31/20 4:14 AM, jazz_...@arcor.de wrote:
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 17
> Release Status: release
>
> Description: bashbug doesn't use vi as default editor
This is not a bug.
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