From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: [PATCH] edit: Friendlier error message. Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 04:25:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20151107032513.GC5225@debian.upm.edu.my> References: <1446676935-11602-1-git-send-email-benno@bmevers.de> <874mh0900c.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44560) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zuu87-000442-2Y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:25:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zuu82-0000by-2A for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:25:27 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874mh0900c.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?iso-8859-15?Q?Court=E8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, benno@bmevers.de On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 12:08:35PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > + (unless (search-path (parse-path (getenv "PATH")) (%editor)) > > + (leave (_ "Couldn't find editor '~a'. Please check $EDITOR and $PATH.") > > + (%editor))) An additional, heterodox suggestion: Maybe also test for $VISUAL. Andreas