From 92f6884638abdda0fd8140379fcfc2ed36c37679 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joeyh <joeyh>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:46:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * vidir, vipe: Use /usr/bin/editor if it's present, and
 EDITOR and VISUAL   arn't set, to comply with Debian policy. For portability,
 fall back to vi   if there's no /usr/bin/editor. Closes: #378623

---
 debian/changelog | 3 +++
 vidir            | 5 ++++-
 vipe             | 5 ++++-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index db55dc9..2e639a5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ moreutils (0.15) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     a file. Changed behavior to just print all lines from both files, even
     if this means printing dups. Not sure I like this behavior either, but
     it's consistent with the very useful behaviors of "and" and "not".
+  * vidir, vipe: Use /usr/bin/editor if it's present, and EDITOR and VISUAL
+    arn't set, to comply with Debian policy. For portability, fall back to vi
+    if there's no /usr/bin/editor. Closes: #378623
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:26:56 -0400
 
diff --git a/vidir b/vidir
index f8227b1..f67f74d 100755
--- a/vidir
+++ b/vidir
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Verbosely display the actions taken by the program.
 
 =item EDITOR
 
-Editor to use. Defaults to vi if not set.
+Editor to use.
 
 =item VISUAL
 
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ foreach (@dir) {
 close OUT;
 
 my @editor="vi";
+if (-x "/usr/bin/editor") {
+	@editor="/usr/bin/editor";
+}
 if (exists $ENV{EDITOR}) {
 	@editor=split(' ', $ENV{EDITOR});
 }
diff --git a/vipe b/vipe
index 773eacf..8cee2b1 100755
--- a/vipe
+++ b/vipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ edit the data that is being piped between programs.
 
 =item EDITOR
 
-Editor to use. Defaults to vi if not set.
+Editor to use.
 
 =item VISUAL
 
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ close STDOUT;
 open(STDOUT, ">/dev/tty") || die "reopen stdout: $!";
 
 my @editor="vi";
+if (-x "/usr/bin/editor") {
+	@editor="/usr/bin/editor";
+}
 if (exists $ENV{EDITOR}) {
 	@editor=split(' ', $ENV{EDITOR});
 }
-- 
2.39.5