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Re: TIN: How can I change editor startup options?

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From: Pope Clifton
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:11
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Set the environment variable VISUAL to the full path of the editor you
want, either in your .profile/.login (if you want it to apply to all
programs, not just tin) or in invoking tin, thus:

VISUAL=$HOME/bin/myvi tin

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From: cliftonr@netcom.com (Pope Clifton)
Subject: Re: TIN: How can I change editor startup options?
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