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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!pegasus.PFM-Mainz.de!forthdv.pfm-mainz.de!stephan From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth) Subject: Re: MC problems Organization: Forth EDV Beratung + Schulung Message-ID: <1996Jul8.060920.31532@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> References: <1996Jul7.114523.24917@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <31E04CBD.57D7@www.play-hookey.com> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 06:09:20 GMT Lines: 29 Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : Stephan Forth wrote: : > : > Hi networld, : > : > I just installed the mc package. It works fine, except if I try : > to edit a file (pressing F4). I always get an error: : > : > missing } : > : > I've gone thru all configuration files, but couldn't find anything : > about it. : Have you defined an EDITOR variable in your .profile file? If not, mc : uses (shudder) vi. Yes I did. I WANT to use vi, so EDITOR is set to vi... : Check the mc man page, too. I did, but found no hints.... Rgeards Stephan -- FORTH EDV Beratung + Schulung stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de Martin-Luther-Str. 55 voice: +49 6131 581072 55131 Mainz, Germany fax: +49 6131 509251