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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/edit.scm | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/edit.scm b/guix/scripts/edit.scm index a6fd1d2751..43f3011869 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/edit.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/edit.scm @@ -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." |