From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Anderson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Setting up Emacs as the default editor Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:02:56 GMT Organization: Mathjunkies.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070212563 21850 80.91.224.253 (30 Nov 2003 17:16:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 30 18:15:58 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AQVAs-0004Os-01 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:15:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AQW6k-0001XP-Bf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:15:46 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-rtr.nyroc.rr.com!news-out.nyroc.rr.com!twister.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.59.76.83 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.nyroc.rr.com 1070211776 24.59.76.83 (Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:02:56 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 12:02:56 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118806 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14749 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14749 I am trying to set up Emacs so it will be the default editor on my system -- as oppossed to Vile. So I added the following in my machines /etc/bashrc: ,----[ in my /etc/bashrc: | EDITOR=emacs | export EDITOR `-------------------------- So I decided to try it out with crontab. I typed crontab -e and wrote a new crontab, typed C-x C-s, and C-x C-c. The file was saved, but my crontab remained empty. Is this an issue with the way that emacs is set up on my system, or is it a crontab issue? Thanks in advance, Dan