lk/system/editors.md
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---
title: "$EDITOR"
tags: [ "system" ]
---
The System's default text editor can be defined within /etc/profile. It's given the variable `EDITOR`.
Add these lines to `/etc/profile.d/custom.sh`:
```sh
echo 'export EDITOR=vim' >> /etc/profile.d/custom.sh
echo 'export VISUAL=$EDITOR' >> /etc/profile.d/custom.sh
```
Then reload that profile with:
```sh
source /etc/profile
```
If you want to ensure `nano` never appears again:
```sh
sudo ln -sf $(which vim) $(which nano)
```