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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2019-01-01 01:06:17 +1300
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2019-01-01 01:11:03 +1300
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Switch to using GNU Emacs on development machines
> Andromeda, by Perseus sav'd and wed, > Hanker'd each day to see the Gorgon's head: > Till o'er a fount he held it, bade her lean, > And mirror'd in the wave was safely seen > That death she liv'd by. > Let not thine eyes know > Any forbidden thing itself, although > It once should save as well as kill: but be > Its shadow upon life enough for thee. > > --Dante Gabriel Rossetti
-rw-r--r--sh/profile.d/visual.sh10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sh/profile.d/visual.sh b/sh/profile.d/visual.sh
index 119d81c7..94aee963 100644
--- a/sh/profile.d/visual.sh
+++ b/sh/profile.d/visual.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-# Use first found implementation of vi(1)
-VISUAL='vi'
+# If emacs is installed, and ~/.emacs exists, use emacs as the visual editor;
+# otherwise, use the system's vi
+if command -v emacs >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+ [ -f "$HOME"/.emacs ] ; then
+ VISUAL=emacs
+else
+ VISUAL=vi
+fi
export VISUAL