[libvirt-users] Permanently change default virsh editor
Hello, I found in the docs that I can change the editor I use on a per vm bases with the following: *EDITOR=$your-favorite-editor virsh edit $your-vm-name* But how do I change it permanently so when I run: *virsh edit $your-vm-name* It defaults to my favorite editor (vim)? Ref: http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/FAQ
On 07/06/2016 03:27 PM, J Travis Lindsey wrote:
Hello, I found in the docs that I can change the editor I use on a per vm bases with the following: *EDITOR=$your-favorite-editor virsh edit $your-vm-name*
But how do I change it permanently so when I run: *virsh edit $your-vm-name*
It defaults to my favorite editor (vim)?
EDITOR is just a shell environment variable, so if you're using bash shell drop something like export EDITOR=your-favorite-editor in ~/.bashrc, and it will be set for all future shell sessions - Cole
Awesome. Thank you that worked great. On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com> wrote:
On 07/06/2016 03:27 PM, J Travis Lindsey wrote:
Hello, I found in the docs that I can change the editor I use on a per vm bases with the following: *EDITOR=$your-favorite-editor virsh edit $your-vm-name*
But how do I change it permanently so when I run: *virsh edit $your-vm-name*
It defaults to my favorite editor (vim)?
EDITOR is just a shell environment variable, so if you're using bash shell drop something like
export EDITOR=your-favorite-editor
in ~/.bashrc, and it will be set for all future shell sessions
- Cole
On 06.07.2016 21:27, J Travis Lindsey wrote:
Hello, I found in the docs that I can change the editor I use on a per vm bases with the following: *EDITOR=$your-favorite-editor virsh edit $your-vm-name*
But how do I change it permanently so when I run: *virsh edit $your-vm-name*
It defaults to my favorite editor (vim)?
This is distribution dependent. For instance, I'm unaware of any system-wide approach in Fedora (except for what Cole suggested, which will work everywhere). But for instance in gentoo you can: # eselect editor set vi Michal
Normally, you can set environment variables in .bashrc or .bash_profile and if I am not mistaken in /etc, there is alos a bashrc file that is system-wide, maybehave a look at it. After changing one of those file execute the following command to update your current console configuration source <path/to/file> exemple: source ~/.bashrc Regards, Roland. On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> wrote:
On 06.07.2016 21:27, J Travis Lindsey wrote:
Hello, I found in the docs that I can change the editor I use on a per vm bases with the following: *EDITOR=$your-favorite-editor virsh edit $your-vm-name*
But how do I change it permanently so when I run: *virsh edit $your-vm-name*
It defaults to my favorite editor (vim)?
This is distribution dependent. For instance, I'm unaware of any system-wide approach in Fedora (except for what Cole suggested, which will work everywhere). But for instance in gentoo you can:
# eselect editor set vi
Michal
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