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List:       macports-dev
Subject:    Re: `port edit`, local/console vs. remote use
From:       Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla () macports ! org>
Date:       2016-12-07 19:31:00
Message-ID: 247DABBF-0FF3-406C-ACB8-202192FAF683 () macports ! org
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> On Dec 7, 2016, at 1:26 AM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday December 6 2016 11:41:39 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> > I haven't taken the time to look into how I could configure that. So instead, I \
> > configure EDITOR to run TextWrangler, and whenever I ssh in and need to edit a \
> > portfile, which is rare, I use 'vi $(port file someport)` instead of `port edit \
> > someport`. 
> 
> I often use `port edit --editor XX foo` when I don't want to use the default \
> editor. Maybe the cleanest solution would be to add a short option equivalent of \
> `port edit --editor vi`. I'd say `port edit -v` as a mnemonic, but that could cause \
> confusion with the verbose option.  
> Either way this could serve users like Ryan and me:
> 
> - A new MP_GUI_EDITOR variable contains the name of the preferred/GUI editor that \
>                 cannot be used over ssh
> - `port edit` uses that value if available unless an option is given to override \
>                 this choice
> - nothing else changes
> 
> VISUAL_EDITOR could be used instead of MP_GUI_EDITOR but we don't know how many \
> people use that variable. 
> A possible suitable choice for the short option: -f, as in "force editing even if \
> your usual editor isn't available". In that case the option could override all env. \
> variables with the possible exception of VISUAL_EDITOR if that's a traditional \
> variable also used outside of MacPorts.

I have this in .bash_profile:
...
if [ "${SSH_TTY+1}" ];then
    export EDITOR=nano
else
    export EDITOR=bbedit
 fi
...

echo $EDITOR
ssh localhost
echo $EDITOR


Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)


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