Re: vi vs emacs vs pico

[john benjamins <johnb@Soliton.COM>]

where did this discussion on editors come from and what do they have to do
with ksh?  there are two modes in ksh, vi and emacs.  this is strictly a
matter of key bindings.

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, George Dodd wrote:

> ksh command line editing:
> 
> ksh
> # export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi  <-- Can also be Emacs, but I dont use it

one should use

	set -o vi
or
	set -o emacs

no need to mess with your environment.

hope this helps,			-john

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