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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: replace 'vi' for 'editor' to reflect build-time option

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 30, 2012, 02:16 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> Filling in the blank at compile time would be possible, but I'm not
> convinced it's a good idea.  Wouldn't the same user be just as puzzled
> when
>
>   http://git.kernel.org/?p=git/git-htmldocs.git;a=blob_plain;f=git-var.html
>
> (or whatever page with a nicer URL arises to replace the old
> www.kernel.org/...  pages) says the fallback is 'vi' and git behaves
> differently?

I've already rejected this patch once, but that was primarily because the patch was not justified with the above "I read everybody else's git uses 'vi' on the Interweb, and even though my distro's manual page says it uses 'nano', I didn't bother to read it." scenario.

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Message 2 of 11 in “Re: [PATCH] Documentation: replace 'vi' for 'editor' to reflect build-time option”
  1. Jonathan NiederMar 30, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2012
  3. Bug#666250: [PATCH] Documentation: replace 'vi' for 'editor' to reflect build-time optionRodrigo Silva, Mar 30, 2012
  4. 0/2 Re: Documentation: replace 'vi' for 'editor' to reflect build-time optionJonathan Nieder, Mar 31, 2012
  5. 1/2 var doc: default editor and pager are configurable at build timeJonathan Nieder, Mar 31, 2012
  6. 2/2 var doc: advertise current DEFAULT_PAGER and DEFAULT_EDITOR settingsJonathan Nieder, Mar 31, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2012
  8. Jonathan NiederApr 18, 2012
  9. Phil HordMar 31, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2012
  11. Jonathan NiederMar 31, 2012

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