Permanently set the default editor in Terminal

Question

I have used this accepted answer to set my editor in Terminal. Unfortunately it only sets for a single session which means every time I reopen Terminal I have to set it again.

I would like to set it once and never have to do it again. Just so you are aware, I'm using GNU Nano.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Put the command into your ~/.bashrc file.

Answer 2

I think, and I will be swiftly and pedantically corrected if I am wrong, but; putting that in your ~/.profile will be executed by any shell, ~/.bash_profile will be executed by bash I generally only ever edit my .profile on Mac ,or my .bashrc on Linux...

From my understanding the difference between bashrc and bash_profile, is that the bashrc gets called for new interactive terminals or when you start bash... Even from bash, and bash_profile is called for login terminals...