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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2020-04-30 23:47:49 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2020-04-30 23:47:49 +0200
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Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
Conflicts: gnu/local.mk gnu/packages/backup.scm gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm gnu/packages/guile.scm gnu/packages/lisp.scm gnu/packages/openldap.scm gnu/packages/package-management.scm gnu/packages/web.scm gnu/packages/xorg.scm
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@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ Start $VISUAL or $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n"))
(show-bug-report-information))
(define %editor
- ;; XXX: It would be better to default to something more likely to be
- ;; pre-installed on an average GNU system. Since Nano is not suited for
- ;; editing Scheme, Emacs is used instead.
- (make-parameter (or (getenv "VISUAL") (getenv "EDITOR") "emacs")))
+ ;; Nano is sensible default, as it is installed by base system.
+ ;; For development, user can set custom value for $EDITOR.
+ (make-parameter (or (getenv "VISUAL") (getenv "EDITOR") "nano")))
(define (search-path* path file)
"Like 'search-path' but exit if FILE is not found."