Change the default editor from 'vi' to 'prompter'.

Absent any profile environment variable setting, the default editor
for commands like 'comp', 'forw', and others is now the nmh program
'prompter'.

diff --git a/docs/pending-release-notes b/docs/pending-release-notes
index d631993..138a909 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/pending-release-notes
+++ b/docs/pending-release-notes
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Things to add to the release notes for the next full release:
 NEW FEATURES
 ------------
 
+- The default editor has been changed from 'vi' to 'prompter', to align with
+  historical practice and reduce packaging dependencies on external programs.
+
 -----------------
 OBSOLETE FEATURES
 -----------------

diff --git a/man/mh-profile.man b/man/mh-profile.man
index 3b9bdcb..c33a583 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-profile.man
+++ b/man/mh-profile.man
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ for details about private sequences.
 .RE
 .PP
 .BR Editor :
-vi
+prompter
 .RS 5
 Defines the editor to be used by the commands
 .BR comp ,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Defines the editor to be used by the commands
 and
 .BR repl .
 If not set, the value will be taken from the VISUAL and EDITOR environment
-variables.  (profile, default: vi)
+variables.  (profile, default: prompter)
 .RE
 .PP
 .BR Msg\-Protect :

diff --git a/sbr/geteditor.c b/sbr/geteditor.c
index 3b472ec..9ef6f5c 100644 (file)
--- a/sbr/geteditor.c
+++ b/sbr/geteditor.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ get_default_editor(void)
 
     if (!(str = context_find("editor")) && !(str = getenv("VISUAL")) &&
        !(str = getenv("EDITOR"))) {
-       str = "vi";
+       str = "prompter";
     }
 
     return default_editor = str;