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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
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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

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