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