Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael K. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: ld.so 1.9.1 and glibc 2.0.1 | Date | Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:57:37 -0500 |
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"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
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