Hello

how to change default editor when I use crontab for example.

I wish to change the default editor from vi to pico , how to do that please ?

Thank you!

In your .bashrc or .bash_profile, add the following...
It will take effect next time you login.

You can also run "export EDITOR=pico" for this login.

THANK YOU!

if your distribution uses the "alternatives" indirection facility, you can set it system-wide by changing the symlink in: /etc/alternatives/

e.g.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 29 05:29 /etc/alternatives/editor -> /usr/bin/vim


vi flavor is also set in /etc/alternatives:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Aug 5 2006 /etc/alternatives/vi -> /usr/bin/vim.basic



this works by replacing the traditional locations with symlinks referencing another level of symlinks in /etc/alternatives.

/usr/bin/vi is now a symlink to /etc/alternatives/vi, so whatever /etc/alternatives/vi becomes the flavor executed when people simply type 'vi' into bash.

The above examples are from Debian etch.