Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux

On 11/18/2024 18:15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:36:17 -0500, Phillip Frabott wrote:
 

I usually just symlink vi and vim to nano.

 You can just set the $EDITOR and $VISUAL environment variables, and leave
it at that.
 <https://manpages.debian.org/1/sensible-editor.1.en.html>

Yeah, but not all programs use those variables. So to catch everything a symlink works. Not to mention that running the ln command is a little faster then editing the bash scripts. But envvars works for 90% of cases so it's a great option for programs that use it.
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Phillip Frabott
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