Re: Where is my editor?

Ralph Corderoy <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:56:29 +0000

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Hi Andy,

> I suppose I could set EDITOR but I've never had to on OpenBSD.

POSIX says EDITOR used by more(1) and crontab(1) defaults to vi if not
set.  But for mailx(1), the default is unspecified unless it's an XSI
system when it's ed.  mailx's default for VISUAL is vi, XSI or not.

That's based on the section-1p man pages here.

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Cheers, Ralph.