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Diffstat (limited to 'guix/scripts/edit.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/edit.scm | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm index 0509148c4d..73a5bb78d2 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ (define (show-help) (display (_ "Usage: guix edit PACKAGE... -Start $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n")) +Start $VISUAL or $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n")) (newline) (display (_ " -h, --help display this help and exit")) @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ Start $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n")) (show-bug-report-information)) (define %editor - (make-parameter (or (getenv "EDITOR") "emacsclient"))) + (make-parameter (or (getenv "VISUAL") (getenv "EDITOR") + "emacsclient"))) (define (search-path* path file) "Like 'search-path' but exit if FILE is not found." |