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| From | Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> |
| Newsgroups | gnu.bash.bug |
| Subject | Re: bashbug's default editor |
| Date | Sun, 2 Aug 2020 15:42:31 -0400 |
| Organization | ITS, Case Western Reserve University |
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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 least preferred. >> >> I don't think it implies that. It's the default choice if there are no >> other alternatives. > > 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). I don't think it's a more natural reading, but I'll rework the text to address the ambiguity. It's also reasonable to add `nano' to bashbug's list of editors. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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Re: bashbug's default editor Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2020-08-02 15:42 -0400
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