From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16915 invoked by uid 1002); 11 Sep 2003 18:07:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 28671 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2003 18:07:38 -0000 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:06:56 -0700 From: "C. Brewer" To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-Id: <20030911110656.3d32530f.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> In-Reply-To: <1063266840.24407.3.camel@sfa234196.richmond.edu> References: <86pti9ox69.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <1063185172.22714.50.camel@localhost> <868yowp1yf.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <20030910211309.677bfbde.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> <1063266840.24407.3.camel@sfa234196.richmond.edu> X-mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.5claws Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Multipart_Thu__11_Sep_2003_11_06_56_-0700_=.E.5_Zst5XU'0bJ" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo text editors X-Archives-Salt: 7186c213-8883-4d7c-b694-d59be7e68c50 X-Archives-Hash: 77764fda4223d884700942a2eef49914 --Multipart_Thu__11_Sep_2003_11_06_56_-0700_=.E.5_Zst5XU'0bJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 03:54:00 -0400 donnie berkholz wrote: > What if I happen to emerge emacs because I want to learn how to use it, > but would prefer that my default editor remain nano? Things like that > shouldn't change just because I emerged emacs. > > Besides, I see it as quite Gentoo-like, given our history of *-config > utilities (java-config, gcc-config). It might make sense to have an > optional front end to all of them, so one just needs to remember > sys-config, and from there select various options (java, gcc, editor, > etc.). Since the individual editors don't set the $EDITOR value, you could emerge emacs, vi, vim, elvis, pico, etc.,and as long as EDITOR in /etc/rc.conf still points to /bin/nano, it wouldn't matter. In fact, I'm sure someone could whip up something that even checked the value in rc.conf and adjusted the link accordingly. I'm not against an optional front end, or an optional /etc/alternatives, with the key being optional. Currently when I feel like dealing with that, I roll my chair over 3 feet to the Debian box. i realize that it might help alot of people and have no wish to hinder such a effort, as long as the tools are provided, not forced:) -- Chuck Brewer Registered Linux User #284015 Get my gpg public key at pgp.mit.edu!! Encrypted e-mail preferred. --Multipart_Thu__11_Sep_2003_11_06_56_-0700_=.E.5_Zst5XU'0bJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YLnEGmszwkJY878RArxfAKDfsRLv9GEJCzGFKQYBsf1cOWnhygCgu4y5 FYUbVIXEjFJxIAKW9DLSga8= =62il -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Multipart_Thu__11_Sep_2003_11_06_56_-0700_=.E.5_Zst5XU'0bJ--