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From: ldg@amy.skidmore.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: where are the defaults for new users stored?
Message-ID: <1164.2862670e@amy.skidmore.edu>
Date: 22 Jun 91 00:52:30 GMT
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We're a relatively new site both to Unix and elm...

When we did our make on elm earlier this year, we chose vi as the default
editor.  Now that we have emacs up and runnning, I'd like to change elm
to be preset to emacs for all new accounts.

Is there a prototype file that elm uses when it builds the .elmrc file for 
new users or is this hard coded into the program itself?

Quite obviously, I'd prefer to edit a prototype rather than go back and 
re-make the elm binaries.  While make is not very difficult, who needs the 
extra work.

Thanks,

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