From 36f7528137c18a16c842525f69ff0a3d445d8e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 01:06:17 +1300
Subject: 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
---
 sh/profile.d/visual.sh | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'sh/profile.d')

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
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