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- From: das50852@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (dan)
- Subject: Re: I can't set the EDITOR variable in my mail.
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:33:28 GMT
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- AMARAL@fncrd2.fnal.gov (Jorge Luis M. do Amaral) writes:
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- >Hello,
- > I am using mailx in MIPS machine m/120 and I 've been having problems
- >to setup my mail, i can't make it use the vi editor instead of ed.
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- > I know that I can invoke vi using ~v, but if I want to use another
- >editor , e.g. emacs , what can i do ?
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- Here's a thought: ~e puts you into your default editor as specified in
- your .cshrc (or whatever shell you use)...
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- dan
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