Re: [nmh-workers] Unnecessary dependency on vi???

[David Levine]

Bakul wrote:

> > Yes, it does.  Add this to your profile to preserve your current behavior:
> > Editor: vi
> > 
> > You can add it before picking up the change, without impacting
> > current behavior.
>
> There are a number of programs that allow use of an editor.
> Commands like chfn, chpass, crontab, sdiff, less/more, various
> shells etc.  Setting EDITOR or VISUAL will help there as well.

Just to be clear:

The quote above about preserving, and not impacting, current behavior
applies to the "Editor: vi" profile addition.  That profile addition
will not affect programs invoked outside of nmh.

David