bzr 0.0.9 & ~/.bzr.conf/editor

[Kevin Smith]

Jan Hudec wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 08:45:07 -0400, Kevin Smith wrote:
> 
>>But I think we can do better than just bringing up a nice error that 
>>explains exactly how the user can configure their system to use the 
>>editor of their choice. Since we're going interactive at that point 
>>anyway, why not allow them to enter the name of their editor right then, 
>>and offer to save that choice for them (if it worked). Or maybe don't 
>>even ask, and just save it and tell them how to unset it.
> 
> 
> Well, at least if $EDITOR is defined, it should be used. It's kind of
> standard. And packages may want to specify particular defaults, like
> sensible-editor in Debian.

I completely agreed that $EDITOR should be used if it's defined. And it 
also makes sense to use Notepad as a default on MS Windows. I was 
referring to the case where there were no hints at all about what editor 
should be used. In that case:

Best: Ask the user what editor to use
Ok: Tell the user how to configure an editor, and exit
Worst: Run vi (or emacs)

Kevin