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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-11 22:59:35 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-11-11 23:29:20 +0100
commit6237b9fa39c6ab3283c50b96520b990c8612abc1 (patch)
treed7c527387ab8895ce2da49f243be94af761d09fa /doc
parent6d2e833495f8bd63ea3893c23a0762ad88a11cef (diff)
edit: Honor $VISUAL.
Suggested by Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>. * guix/scripts/edit.scm (%editor): Honor 'VISUAL' before 'EDITOR'. (show-help): Adjust accordingly. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix edit): Likewise.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -3929,8 +3929,9 @@ guix edit gcc-4.8 vim
@end example
@noindent
-launches the program specified in the @code{EDITOR} environment variable
-to edit the recipe of GCC@tie{}4.8.4 and that of Vim.
+launches the program specified in the @code{VISUAL} or in the
+@code{EDITOR} environment variable to edit the recipe of GCC@tie{}4.8.4
+and that of Vim.
If you are using Emacs, note that the Emacs user interface provides
similar functionality in the ``package info'' and ``package list''