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Tue, 09 May 2006 08:55

Upperm
Messages: 95
Registered: July 2003

Member

Hello Folks,
I'm new to Linux.
How can I make the editor vi my defaut editor while working on a shell window.
Thanks for any help

Tue, 09 May 2006 09:06

Frank Naude
Messages: 4596
Registered: April 1998

Senior Member

"vi" is already the default editor. Just type in "vi" and use it Smile

PS: If you want to make vi the default editor for SQL*Plus:

SQL> DEFINE _EDITOR=vi

Tue, 09 May 2006 12:41

BlackSwan
Messages: 26766
Registered: January 2009
Location: SoCal

Senior Member

set -o vi
and/or
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR

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