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In article <11520@watcgl.waterloo.edu> lindsay@watnext.waterloo.edu (Lindsay Patten) writes:
>How can one set up one's EDITOR variable to pick the right emacs version
>even in the face of scripts which set their own paths?  Previously, I set
>my path so that I got the right one but now some scripts set their own path
>and I end up getting the wrong emacs.  What is the best way of setting this
>variable?
>
>Thanks,
>Lindsay Patten            "People are package deals - No substitutions allowed"
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How about something like this:
   set your PATH and then
   setenv EDITOR `showpath findfirst=emacs`
which will put an abolute path to your desired emacs in the variable.

In article <11520@watcgl.waterloo.edu> lindsay@watnext.waterloo.edu (Lindsay Patten) writes:
>How can one set up one's EDITOR variable to pick the right emacs version
>even in the face of scripts which set their own paths?

setenv EDITOR `showpath findfirst=emacs`

>Previously, I set
>my path so that I got the right one but now some scripts set their own path
>and I end up getting the wrong emacs.  What is the best way of setting this
>variable?

That's a bug.  The script in question (icr-hardware-request I would
assume) has been fixed to restore PATH just before the editor is invoked.

Andy

In article <511@maytag.waterloo.edu> accwai@maytag.waterloo.edu (Andy Wai) writes:
>In article <11520@watcgl.waterloo.edu> lindsay@watnext.waterloo.edu (Lindsay Patten) writes:
>>How can one set up one's EDITOR variable to pick the right emacs version
>>even in the face of scripts which set their own paths?
>
>setenv EDITOR `showpath findfirst=emacs`

Well, come to think of it, this is bad.  Starting up a new emacs on
every little thing is expensive.  How about:

setenv EDITOR /software/emacs/etc/emacsclient

and put

(server-start)

somewhere in your .emacs file.   Anyway, just a thought...

Andy