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

On 11/18/2024 21:45, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:39:18 -0500, Phillip Frabott wrote:
 

On 11/18/2024 18:15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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You can just set the $EDITOR and $VISUAL environment variables, and
leave it at that.
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<https://manpages.debian.org/1/sensible-editor.1.en.html>

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Yeah, but not all programs use those variables.

 Which ones don’t?

I don't run into to it very often. Usually it's smaller less known projects or older programs. I'm not going to remember exactly what programs they were because it only happens here and there and it's likely I haven't used a program like that in a while. But they still exist. Either when a dev doesn't do the right thing or if they are doing cross-platform where not all platforms use it. (Windows for example). But I've just always done `ln` all the way back to the 80's so it's just habit for me.
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Phillip Frabott
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