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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