Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 03:02:54PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: >> > And what if the user in the wheel group wants to use emacs to edit some >> > configuration file that can only be modified by root? >> They can use su if they want to use emacs for it. > > Or better, set VISUAL=emacs and run `sudo -e`, which was designed for this > purpose. (And which, by the way, will work out of the box on Fedora for > members of the wheel group.) In which way is that better? That will probably create an emacs frame rather than running it in the terminal in tmux where I want it, and it won't allow me to use job control to put it into the background while I need the terminal to do other things. Thanks to tmux, I don't need to re-log when I have to leave the X-session. MOTT, roots emacs is suspended. -- Fedora 17 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
