OIT Frequently Asked Questions


Problem: Change my default editor?
Entry: 0091

Solution:

This assumes you have not changed your shell and are still using the default (/bin/ksh).
  1. Log into ACME
  2. At your ACME prompt, open up the file "profile" using pico: pico .profile
Change the EDITOR, FCEDIT, VISUAL lines to reflect the editor you want to use.

For example: If I had "vi" as my default and I wanted to change it to "pico" then I would edit the file ".profile" and change all occurences of "vi" to "pico". A .profile may read like this:

export NAME="George Burdell"
export EDITOR="`whence vi`"
export FCEDIT="`whence vi`"
export VISUAL="`whence vi`"

# Other initialization

Change where it says "vi" to "pico" so it looks like:
export NAME="George Burdell"
export EDITOR="`whence pico`"
export FCEDIT="`whence pico`"
export VISUAL="`whence pico`"

# Other initialization


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