On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 01:38, Matthew Kennedy wrote:
> I know we have virtual/editor etc. but do we have a mechanism to
> invoke the users choice in editor?
> 
> Not all stuff I've encountered cares about $EDITOR etc., and I ask
> because of a recent change in dev-lisp/clisp where i needed to set a
> specific editor.
> 
> Any volunteers to implement the Debian "alternatives" system?  Or
> maybe we just want a /usr/bin/generic-editor...
> 
> Matt

For the slightly clueless, of which I am one, can you explain both
methods?  The /usr/bin/generic-editor in particular piques my interest.

Thanks,

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