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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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+Add these lines to /etc/profile:
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+```
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+export EDITOR=vim
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+export VISUAL=$EDITOR
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+```
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+Then reload that profile with:
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+> source /etc/profile
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+If nano still pops up:
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+> sudo ln -sf $(which vim) $(which nano)
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