Change the Ubuntu default text editor for SVN and everything else

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 19:27

Ubuntu's default text editor is nano. I have no idea how to use nano nor do I want to, yet every time svn opens up a text editor for me to fix my conflicts I end up in nano. I finally got around to fixing it with the following command:

  1. sudo update-alternatives --config editor