Subject: a different editor than pico?

From: [email-masked] (lux)
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 22:39:18 GMT

How do I arrange to use a different edit inside pine (like emacs)?

I see references to it being done in the faq I have from months ago,
but it doesn't mention how you go about doing it.

thanks

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 15:46:18 +0100 (MET)

It's all in the (S)etup -> (C)onfig Screen, something like use-alternative-editor.

There is even a Flag to always use the alternative editor.

(Once you are in config try "?" on those fields, it's full of help!)

Ciao,
 Michael

> but it doesn't mention how you go about doing it.
 
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Michael J. Joswig              [email-masked]

If Not You, Who Else?

	(Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind)

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From: [email-masked] (Cassady Kent)
Date: 28 Oct 1995 02:50:51 -0400

lux ([email-masked]) wrote:
: How do I arrange to use a different edit inside pine (like emacs)?
: I see references to it being done in the faq I have from months ago,
: but it doesn't mention how you go about doing it.

You have to find the Editor   = <No Value Set> line in the configuration
menu.  From the Main Menu within Pine, type s for setup, c for
configuration, and space down to the last page of the menu and select the 
Editor   = line.

When no value is set for the alternate editor, Pine uses Pico.  Use the Add
Value command to change it to vi or emacs and maybe others for all I know.

At this point, Pine still uses Pico.  You have to find the
enable-alternate-editor- lines on screen two of the configuration menu and
pick one.  Enable-alternate-editor-cmd allows you to run emacs only when
you request it with the 'switch to alternate editor' command ^_.

Enable-alternate-editor-implicitly will run emacs automatically whenever
you compose or edit a letter.

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From: The Easy Rider <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:40:28 -0700 (PDT)

I would like to change the left and right margins for my e-mail messages
to send out a narrower block of text.  Does anybody know how I can do this
without having to change every line by hand?  Thanx.  Ciao.  AK

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From: [email-masked] (lux)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 00:52:46 GMT

Cassady Kent ([email-masked]) wrote:
: lux ([email-masked]) wrote:
: : How do I arrange to use a different edit inside pine (like emacs)?
: : I see references to it being done in the faq I have from months ago,
: : but it doesn't mention how you go about doing it.

: You have to find the Editor   = <No Value Set> line in the configuration
: menu.  From the Main Menu within Pine, type s for setup, c for
: configuration, and space down to the last page of the menu and select the 
: Editor   = line.

Okay, I did this.

: When no value is set for the alternate editor, Pine uses Pico.  Use the Add
: Value command to change it to vi or emacs and maybe others for all I know.

: At this point, Pine still uses Pico.  You have to find the
: enable-alternate-editor- lines on screen two of the configuration menu and
: pick one.  Enable-alternate-editor-cmd allows you to run emacs only when
: you request it with the 'switch to alternate editor' command ^_.

At first I left this unset.

: Enable-alternate-editor-implicitly will run emacs automatically whenever
: you compose or edit a letter.

I set this, but still when I try to compose a letter pico comes up.
I also tried this with enable-alternate-editor-cmd set and pico comes up.

Did I miss something, or is there a way to use a different editor
(implicity and without the C-_ command thing)?

there is now a line in my .pinerc file which reads

	features-list=enable-alternate-editor-implicitly

and another which reads

	editor=emacs

but pico still gets used. Any ideas?

thanks