Re: alternate editor for TIN

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From: James Mcpherson
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 00:00

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root (root@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN) wrote:
: Hi all,

: I was wondering if anyone could help me configure an alternate editor for 
: the TIN news reader? It defaults it to VI, but I want to be able to use 
: PICO instead (who wouldn't? :-)) 

me, for a start. But anyway, in your .profile or .cshrc, set the following
(bash/sh first)

EDITOR=/usr/local/bin/pico
VISUAL=/usr/local/bin/pico
export EDITOR VISUAL

_or_ (csh, tcsh)

setenv EDITOR /usr/local/bin/pico
setenv VISUAL /usr/local/bin/pico

nu?
jcm

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Date: 1996/01/16
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