Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-08 22:52:45 +1000]:
> update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
>
> This will give you a menu of all the editors on your system and let you
> change/chose the default one.
I know you meant to say this instead.
update-alternatives --config edit
Vineet Kumar wrote:
>
>
> Mutt should read /etc/Muttrc first, then your ~/.muttrc , so your
> personal settings will override anything in /etc/Muttrc.
The /etc/Muttrc file was the one that confused.
Unfortunately I didn't recognized that this file w a s on HDD.
After failed I didn't think of
Slight tangent...
* Robert Wilhelm Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021008 22:00]:
>
> Additionaly - are these links a debian way of setting up a system?,
> I'm really confused!
Yes. This is the Debian "alternatives" system. Since there are often
many different programs that will perform the same
Vineet Kumar wrote:
>
> Does mutt read anything else in your .muttrc ?
Can't tell yet - I'm very new to all this and thought of sending
and replying mail on localhost. There arn't any other settings in
~/.muttrc which I could test.
> When running mutt, what does it give you if you type
>
> :se
* Robert Wilhelm Land ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021008 00:02]:
> In both cases, mutt overrides these settings in .muttrc and uses vi for
> composing mail.
Does mutt read anything else in your .muttrc ?
When running mutt, what does it give you if you type
:set ?editor
? Also, try issuing
:set edi
Jack O'Quin wrote:
>
> Carel Fellinger writes:
>
> > There is a space in the command, so you need quotes, try :
> >
> > set editor="emacs -nw"
Sorry, this doesn't seem to work - even wouldn't do.
In both cases, mutt overrides these settings in .muttrc and uses vi for
composing mail.
Irritat
Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There is a space in the command, so you need quotes, try :
>
> set editor="emacs -nw"
I would normally put "export EDITOR=emacsclient" in my .bash_profile
for stuff like this. Many programs will use $EDITOR, if defined. If
you're using csh, put
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 11:56:59PM +0200, Robert Wilhelm Land wrote:
> On the way trying to convince mutt
> to use emacs -nw instead of vi by
> editing .muttrc as:
>
> set editor=emacs -nw
There is a space in the command, so you need quotes, try :
set editor="emacs -nw"
--
groetjes, carel
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