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If you've installed Vim in your home directory somewhere, |
If you've installed Vim in your home directory somewhere, |
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make Vim the default editor for anything you do |
make Vim the default editor for anything you do |
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| − | (e.g. edit a SQL statement in SQLplus). |
+ | (e.g. edit a SQL statement in SQLplus), define these three variables in your .profile: |
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| − | To solve this problem, define these three variables in your .profile |
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| − | VIM= |
+ | VIM=<base directory where Vim executable is placed> |
| − | VIMRUNTIME= |
+ | VIMRUNTIME=<base directory where Vim runtimes are kept> |
EDITOR=$VIM/vim |
EDITOR=$VIM/vim |
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| + | VIMRUNTIME=/usr/bin |
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| + | EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim |
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</pre> |
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| − | + | If you've installed vim with another name (say, vim.exe) then |
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change EDITOR=$VIM/vim to EDITOR=$VIM/vim.exe |
change EDITOR=$VIM/vim to EDITOR=$VIM/vim.exe |
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+ | Source .profile, and the next time you start an editor from any |
program you'll bring up Vim. |
program you'll bring up Vim. |
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| − | Notable programs which use the $EDITOR variable include CVS and Mutt. Anyone care to add to the list? |
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| + | On Ubuntu (or other Debian-based systems), update-alternatives can be used to change the default editor: |
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| − | $EDITOR is the place to have your editor defined. There's also $VISUAL to define a non-line oriented editor (which is actually vi's place). |
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| + | sudo update-alternatives --config editor |
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| − | All programs on unixlikes spawning editors should support these. Some have reasons not to and some are just stupidly made and others stupidly configured. |
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| + | # Type the number which corresponds to Vim here (after installing it) then press Enter. |
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| + | </pre> |
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| + | $EDITOR is the defined variable that programs on Unix-like operating systems are supposed to use for the default editor. Actually, $VISUAL is another defined variable for a non line-oriented editor, which is technically the correct role for Vim. Many notable programs on Unix support these variables, though obviously there are a few that for various reasons do not. |
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Revision as of 13:26, 15 July 2013
created December 6, 2001 · complexity basic · author bhaskar · version 5.7
Normally, typing edit on a Unix system brings up the vi editor and not Vim. If you've installed Vim in your home directory somewhere, you don't have a root account, and you want to make Vim the default editor for anything you do (e.g. edit a SQL statement in SQLplus), define these three variables in your .profile:
VIM=<base directory where Vim executable is placed> VIMRUNTIME=<base directory where Vim runtimes are kept> EDITOR=$VIM/vim E.g: VIMRUNTIME=/usr/bin EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
If you've installed vim with another name (say, vim.exe) then change EDITOR=$VIM/vim to EDITOR=$VIM/vim.exe
Source .profile, and the next time you start an editor from any program you'll bring up Vim.
On Ubuntu (or other Debian-based systems), update-alternatives can be used to change the default editor:
sudo update-alternatives --config editor # Type the number which corresponds to Vim here (after installing it) then press Enter.
$EDITOR is the defined variable that programs on Unix-like operating systems are supposed to use for the default editor. Actually, $VISUAL is another defined variable for a non line-oriented editor, which is technically the correct role for Vim. Many notable programs on Unix support these variables, though obviously there are a few that for various reasons do not.