> EDITOR=~/bin/xemacs\ -nw > > No need for the script. > > As I stated in the message to which you replied, that only works if the calling program is guaranteed to use system or its equivalent to load the $EDITOR. Git et al. may do that, but I don't know that there's any guarantee of it working universally: other programs do use $EDITOR, you know. ;-) That's why I recommend a script: simple and universal. Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html