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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/edit.scm6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm
index 660bd57985..ce3ac4146d 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ Start $VISUAL or $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n"))
(show-bug-report-information))
(define %editor
- (make-parameter (or (getenv "VISUAL") (getenv "EDITOR")
- "emacsclient")))
+ ;; 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")))
(define (search-path* path file)
"Like 'search-path' but exit if FILE is not found."