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Set emacs -nw as default editor

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When editing files like sudoers, I want to use emacs instead of nano. So I ran this command

sudo update-alternatives --config editor

And I selected emacs. The only issue is I like emacs in no window mode (the -nw flag) and I've aliased emacs as emacs='emacs -nw' so that I can use no window mode in normal use, but I don't know how to get my default editor to be in no window mode.

In other words, I need to get the command sudo visudo and similar commands that open up editors to open the file with emacs -nw. How can I do this? I'm on Ubuntu 12.04.

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answered 2 Years ago lasagnerhead · Accepted Answer

Create a script that starts emacs with -nw flag, e.g. /usr/local/bin/emacs-nw.

#!/bin/sh



emacs -nw "$@"

Install it with update-alternatives --install.

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor /usr/local/bin/emacs-nw 2

Configure editor to be your new script.

sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/local/bin/emacs-nw