Changing default vi viewer in slackware 10

shaun85 · 10-22-2004, 06:51 PM

Where do I look to change the default viewer from vi to pico in slackware 10?

Thanks,
Shaun

320mb · 10-22-2004, 07:05 PM

you have to install pico before you can use it...............

btmiller · 10-22-2004, 07:18 PM

And once you've installed pico, set the EDITOR environment variable to pico. Most programms like vipw or visudo will respect $EDITOR and invoke pico instead of vi.

darthtux · 10-22-2004, 09:08 PM

To make it permanent, in your ~/.bashrc add the line
EDITOR=pico

shaun85 · 10-22-2004, 11:04 PM

I'm trying to find the file that I need to set the editor to pico for default on all accounts. Pico is already installed.

darthtux · 10-23-2004, 01:47 AM

/etc/profile