Subject: Changing Pines editor to vi or emacs

From: [email-masked] (The Philosopher from Hell)
Date: 19 Dec 1996 03:22:44 GMT

I hope this isn't a FAQ but I'm used to using vi (and trying to learn
emacs) and I'm wondering if there is a way to use Pine as a mail reader
with vi or emacs as the editor, because (no offense to people who like
pico or programmed it) I find pico really annoying. I like how in vi
you can move a paragraph at a time, and delete as such.... and I'm just
used to the #*$!ing thing :)

So how do I set up Pine to use vi (or pico so that it emulates vi) as
the editor?

-- 
  \  [email-masked]     news:alt.fan.richard-nixon    http://www.io.com/~tpfh/
  /  1.look both ways when crossing roads 2.don't wear slippers 'til	 /
  \  you're old 3.never do what you are told  --Chumbawamba	        /
  /  O-    Fight spam on the internet!  	http://www.vix.com/spam/

---

From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 09:05:07 +0000 (GMT)

Perhaps you should be Extremely Brave and Pluck Up Your Courage... and
look in Pine's "Setup" screen: you know, the thing you see mentioned on
the Main Menu whenever you start Pine?

At the Main Menu:

	S C		... go to Setup Configuration screen
	w editor	... do a "whereis" to look for the word "editor"
			    amongst the list of options
	?		... ask Pine for help about the option.

Hint: you should find several options with the word "editor" in them, all
affecting which editor is used and how you get into it.  Have a look at
the help information for each of them.

Cheers,

-- 
Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Computing Service, University of York, Heslington, York, YO1 5DD, UK
Tel: +44-1904-433811  FAX: +44-1904-433740  http://www.york.ac.uk/~pmb1/

---

From: [email-masked] (R. Stewart Ellis)
Date: 20 Dec 1996 16:04:17 GMT

>So how do I set up Pine to use vi (or pico so that it emulates vi) as

Set enable-alternate-editor-implicitly

then 

set editor=${EDITOR}

so it will track whatever your preferred editor is.

-- 
  R.Stewart(Stew) Ellis, Assoc.Prof., (Off)810-762-9765   ___________________
  Humanities & Social Science,  GMI Eng.& Mgmt.Inst. ()  /   _____  ______
  Flint, MI 48504    Free speech and free software!  /\ /        / /  /  / /
  Web admin:  http://www.gmi.edu/      [email-masked]   /________/ /  /  / /