Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:13:22 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: ld.so 1.9.1 and glibc 2.0.1 |
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> > "Richard B. Johnson" writes: > >It doesn't know what "VISUAL" is. This is not in my environment, and does > >not appear to have been set in the script. Although I am relatively new > >at Unix (only 15 of the 20 years it's been around) and I'm learning new > >things you are "supposed" to do practically every day, what is the > >"VISUAL" environment to which your script refers? > > VISUAL is mostly an anacronism. If you have EDITOR set to your preferred > line editor, VISUAL should be set to your preferred full-screen editor. > I suppose that the ed, ex, and TECO fanatics around here will scream > because I called their environment anacronistic... > > michaelkjohnson
Well I actually know how to use ed <!!!>. I screamed when MS-DOS removed edlin, and VAX/VMS no longer supported EDT. --- but I don't "do" windows!
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