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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 03:54:00 -0400 |
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donnie berkholz <spyderous@g.o> wrote: |
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> What if I happen to emerge emacs because I want to learn how to use it, |
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> but would prefer that my default editor remain nano? Things like that |
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> shouldn't change just because I emerged emacs. |
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> Besides, I see it as quite Gentoo-like, given our history of *-config |
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> utilities (java-config, gcc-config). It might make sense to have an |
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> optional front end to all of them, so one just needs to remember |
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> sys-config, and from there select various options (java, gcc, editor, |
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> etc.). |
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Since the individual editors don't set the $EDITOR value, you could emerge |
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emacs, vi, vim, elvis, pico, etc.,and as long as EDITOR in /etc/rc.conf |
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still points to /bin/nano, it wouldn't matter. In fact, I'm sure someone |
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could whip up something that even checked the value in rc.conf and adjusted |
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the link accordingly. I'm not against an optional front end, or an optional |
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/etc/alternatives, with the key being optional. Currently when I feel like |
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dealing with that, I roll my chair over 3 feet to the Debian box. i realize |
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that it might help alot of people and have no wish to hinder such a effort, |
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as long as the tools are provided, not forced:) |
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Chuck Brewer |
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Registered Linux User #284015 |
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Get my gpg public key at pgp.mit.edu!! Encrypted e-mail preferred. |
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