On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 08:16:31AM -0400, Neal Gompa wrote:
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 5:25 AM Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
thanks to Pawel Marciniak's pull request [1] I'm happy to announce
vim-default-editor subpackage, which easily sets/removes Vim as the
default editor by installing/uninstalling the subpackage.
Because of nano was selected as a default editor since Fedora 33+, the
new subpackage conflicts with nano-default-editor subpackage to ensure
the correct behavior. It means the dnf transaction needs to use
'--allowerasing' option when installing vim-default-editor is going to
be installed and nano-default-editor is already installed and vice versa.
Vim's NVR which introduced the subpackage is 2:8.2.1815-2, the build
containing the subpackage will go into updates for F31+ tomorrow.
Enjoy when it comes to the updates!
[1] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vim/pull-request/11
There are two significant problems with this package:
1. It doesn't work for Fish, since Fish doesn't actually *read*
profile.d (did you look at how nano-default-editor *actually* set
things up?)
2. Having subpackages like this that conflict by name is going to get
crazy really fast, so we need a virtual name to make RPM only permit
one of them at a time.
And really, why do you need this instead of just uninstalling the
nano-default-editor package? Vim is the POSIX default already...
I agree with Neal's concerns here. A package that sets up a default
isn't really needed for every editor. Your default editor is a thing
in your environment, so configure your environment:
EDITOR=vim
VISUAL=vim
[Why two variables? In the beforetimes (before Linux, before BSD,
before Fraggle Rock, before Jaws), $EDITOR referred to the editor for
use on limited functionality terminals/line-mode terminals. Like
actual tty devices. So think ed(1). $VISUAL is the editor used on
fullscreen terminals. These days they are almost always set to the
same program because no one is using an actual tty.]
The main objective of a system default editor like nano is for first
time users and those who have never used an editor like vim or emacs
before.
Thanks,
--
David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Red Hat, Inc. | Boston, MA | EST5EDT
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