Re: alternate editor for TIN

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From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:00

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root (root@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN) wrote:
: 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? :-)) 
: 

Set your EDITOR variable to whatever editor you wish.  However, if your editor
does not support cursor positioning as vi does, you'll need to disable
start_editor_offset in ~/.tin/tinrc.
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From: herbert@greathan.apana.org.au (Herbert Xu)
Subject: Re: alternate editor for TIN
Date: 1996/01/17
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