Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!jmsellens
From: jmsellens@watdragon.waterloo.edu (John M. Sellens)
Newsgroups: uw.unix
Subject: Re: Setting EDITOR
Message-ID: <16572@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 21 Sep 89 20:32:58 GMT
References: <11520@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: jmsellens@watdragon.waterloo.edu (John M. Sellens)
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In article <11520@watcgl.waterloo.edu> lindsay@watnext.waterloo.edu (Lindsay Patten) writes:
>How can one set up one's EDITOR variable to pick the right emacs version
>even in the face of scripts which set their own paths?  Previously, I set
>my path so that I got the right one but now some scripts set their own path
>and I end up getting the wrong emacs.  What is the best way of setting this
>variable?
>
>Thanks,
>Lindsay Patten            "People are package deals - No substitutions allowed"
>Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence Group                   lindsay@watnext
>Department of Systems Design Engineering           lindsay@watnext.waterloo.edu
>University of Waterloo              {utai|decvax|uunet}!watmath!watnext!lindsay


How about something like this:
   set your PATH and then
   setenv EDITOR `showpath findfirst=emacs`
which will put an abolute path to your desired emacs in the variable.