GNU's lame attempts at humour aside, that actually makes sense. MH
is a line oriented tool, so defaulting to a line oriented editor is
consistent with that. If the chain Editor: -> $VISUAL -> $EDITOR comes
up empty, ed is a perfectly reasonable default.
Ok, this means I get to ask a question of greybeards that I've always
wondered about.
What is the deal with VISUAL and EDITOR? I always set EDITOR; I've never
set VISUAL. I've never understood what the difference is. I'm fine with
making the hierarchy Editor: -> $VISUAL -> $EDITOR (and I think a default
of 'vi' is fine), but I've always wondered why there are two environment
variables.
--Ken
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