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Setting vim to be the default editor

March 15, 2007 by Michele Neylon 4 Comments

Every time I install Ubuntu I end up struggling with changing the default editor to use vi or vim.
If only I’d found this page before!
So simple!
All you have to do is run (as root):
update-alternatives --config editor

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  1. Donncha O Caoimh says

    March 15, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    Thanks for posting Michele – I just reinstalled and checking stuff into svn and it brought up Nano. *shudder* The horror of it!

  2. michele says

    March 15, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    Donncha
    Until I found this tip I kept having to edit each user profile manually – it was wrecking my head!

  3. paul says

    March 16, 2007 at 7:50 am

    I’ve never really gotten a handle on Vi/Vim or the alternative ones. I’ve been sticking to plain old pico, or when needed xemacs.
    Can anyone recommend a good Vi intro sheet ?

  4. michele says

    March 16, 2007 at 8:49 am

    Paul
    Search my archives – you might find something useful!
    Pico is so .. I’m trying to find a word …

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