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element42

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From: Bath, UK

Registered: 2008-04-30

Posts: 13

change default text editor? [solved]

I've just migrated from ubuntu to Arch, so far so good.
I use abcde to rip CDs, and just tried to edit some metadata but I get Vim to do so; AFAIK you can't change the text editor in abcde options, so presumably it's just using a default text editor. How can I change this to nano?
Thanks!

Last edited by element42 (2008-05-02 12:53:14)

WhiteMagic

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Registered: 2007-03-01

Posts: 85

Re: change default text editor? [solved]

If abcde uses the default shell variable for determining the editor setting something like

export EDITOR=nano

in your .bashrc, or the file for the shell your using, might solve your problem.

element42

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From: Bath, UK

Registered: 2008-04-30

Posts: 13

Re: change default text editor? [solved]

I'll try that, thankyou

peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 936

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Re: change default text editor? [solved]

You will become a happier person if you learn to use vim.

P.S. did it work?

element42

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From: Bath, UK

Registered: 2008-04-30

Posts: 13

Re: change default text editor? [solved]

Yes, it did work, thanks

I promise to learn to use vim... just as soon as I've learnt to use Arch