Switch from nano to vim as default editor
In the terminal, run $ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
.
There are four choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor
).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /bin/nano 40 auto mode
1 /bin/ed -100 manual mode
2 /bin/nano 40 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 10 manual mode
Press enter
to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number 3
for vim.
Now the programme ‘less’ invokes ‘vi’ when you press v
.
vim personal computing command line