Re: crontab -e

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:24:16 +0200
Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> wrote:

> Hi Raquel.
>
> Raquel, 04.09.2007 02:22:
> > I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command
> > #crontab -e
> > I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim
> > editor. How do I change what gets used?
>
> Set the EDITOR environment variable in the config file of your
> preferred shell. (~/.bashrc for Bash)
>
>
> Regards, Mathias
>
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> debian/rules
>
>

Hmmm, I thought it was configured using the update-alternatives system. However, when I run (as root):
  #update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim I get an error:
  #update-alternatives: Cannot find alternative `/usr/bin/vim'.

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