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authorJakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net>2020-04-29 11:08:42 +0200
committerJakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net>2020-04-29 11:08:42 +0200
commit4035c3e3525599c3aa958d498c5bc789a4adffc3 (patch)
treee55a02215fcdb635d0504fc129526bfbf66abd14 /guix/scripts/edit.scm
parent492b82bd4d592276e65c4b9bfbe1b679a00ff09f (diff)
parent4f0f46e4af0e342d84c5ad448258702029601e4b (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into staging
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@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ Start $VISUAL or $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n"))
(show-bug-report-information))
(define %editor
- ;; XXX: It would be better to default to something more likely to be
- ;; pre-installed on an average GNU system. Since Nano is not suited for
- ;; editing Scheme, Emacs is used instead.
- (make-parameter (or (getenv "VISUAL") (getenv "EDITOR") "emacs")))
+ ;; Nano is sensible default, as it is installed by base system.
+ ;; For development, user can set custom value for $EDITOR.
+ (make-parameter (or (getenv "VISUAL") (getenv "EDITOR") "nano")))
(define (search-path* path file)
"Like 'search-path' but exit if FILE is not found."