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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/edit.scm | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 09a860a64f..3b6955c6f5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -3929,8 +3929,9 @@ guix edit gcc-4.8 vim @end example @noindent -launches the program specified in the @code{EDITOR} environment variable -to edit the recipe of GCC@tie{}4.8.4 and that of Vim. +launches the program specified in the @code{VISUAL} or in the +@code{EDITOR} environment variable to edit the recipe of GCC@tie{}4.8.4 +and that of Vim. If you are using Emacs, note that the Emacs user interface provides similar functionality in the ``package info'' and ``package list'' diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm index 0509148c4d..73a5bb78d2 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ (define (show-help) (display (_ "Usage: guix edit PACKAGE... -Start $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n")) +Start $VISUAL or $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n")) (newline) (display (_ " -h, --help display this help and exit")) @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ Start $EDITOR to edit the definitions of PACKAGE...\n")) (show-bug-report-information)) (define %editor - (make-parameter (or (getenv "EDITOR") "emacsclient"))) + (make-parameter (or (getenv "VISUAL") (getenv "EDITOR") + "emacsclient"))) (define (search-path* path file) "Like 'search-path' but exit if FILE is not found." |