On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 01:52:11PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > I have tried suggestions from Googling including exporting EDITOR in > $HOME/bashrc...running select-editor ( doesn't appear to be on Fedora )and > creating a .select_editor text file in HOME. None have worked so > far. > > If I open a terminal first then m-c loads the proper editor...but if I > call m-c from a desktop file which loads a terminal, then loads m-c with the > -e option then vi is loaded. When you open a terminal and run mc yourself, bash is run in interactive mode. Whereas using the desktop file is not. Since you set the value of EDITOR in ~/.bashrc, only the interactive knows about it (see the "Invocation" section in man bash). All environment variable related setup should go in ~/.bash_profile. If you use multiple kinds of sh-like shells, it should be ~/.profile. This way your whole session inherits the environment. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
