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My default editor is Pico at my server. I use Bash and Linux.
I tried to change Vim to be my default editor unsuccessfully by:
echo vim > $EDITOR
How can I change Vim to be my default editor?
The following code does not work in file .bashrc:
export EDITOR='vim'
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To change your default text editor, you can use git config (if git is installed on your computer already). Open the terminal and use the table below to change your default text editor. IMPORTANT: in order to change your default text editor, the text editor of your choice needs to be already installed on your computer!
In the Terminal app on your Mac, invoke a command-line editor by typing the name of the editor, followed by a space and then the name of the file you want to open. If you want to create a new file, type the editor name, followed by a space and the pathname of the file.
Adding
export EDITOR=vim
to your .bashrc file should really do the trick. (Quotes aren't necessary there and, depending on what quotes you used, they may be the cause for your problem.)
You must open a new shell (or enter source ~/.bashrc at the prompt) after modifying file .bashrc for the modification to take effect.
What is the program from which you want Vim to be started?
I haven't used Git, but the documentation reads:
The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, the VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in that order).
So check whether one of these variables is set:
echo $GIT_EDITOR $VISUAL $EDITOR
git config --get-all core.editor
For me,
export VISUAL=vim
solved the problem.
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You can use the Git configuration option core.editor to set the editor of your liking, e.g., nano:
git config [--global] core.editor "nano"
You can also change this by editing the .gitconfig file in your home directory (global) or git repository (create it if it doesn't exist) if you don't have shell access:
...
[user]
name = Your Name
email = [email protected]
[core]
editor = nano
...
Check this command:
sudo update-alternatives --config editor
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