@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agoHow dare you use a text editor because it's easy to uselemmy.fosshost.comimagemessage-square307fedilinkarrow-up1843arrow-down160
arrow-up1783arrow-down1imageHow dare you use a text editor because it's easy to uselemmy.fosshost.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square307fedilink
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taserlinkfedilink19•3 months agoI think you mean “$EDITOR”. Gotta have that variable expansion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•3 months agoNot necessarily! I always run ln -s '/usr/bin/$EDITOR' $(which $EDITOR) after a fresh install, so I have a valid executable on the path called $EDITOR. Of course, then I have to make sure to add export EDITOR=\$EDITOR to my .bashrc. (Obviously.)
minus-square@sabinlink1•3 months agoWell,.that’s one way to solve the problem of not expanding your editor var correctly…
The best text editor is ‘$EDITOR’.
I think you mean “$EDITOR”. Gotta have that variable expansion.
Not necessarily! I always run
ln -s '/usr/bin/$EDITOR' $(which $EDITOR)after a fresh install, so I have a valid executable on the path called$EDITOR.Of course, then I have to make sure to add
export EDITOR=\$EDITORto my.bashrc. (Obviously.)Well,.that’s one way to solve the problem of not expanding your editor var correctly…