Better mechanism to choose the default editor (and avoid vi if possible)?

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Marcus Harnisch <mh-mercurial at online.de> writes:

> As far as I see it, the lowest common denominator is in fact vi. 
> Anything else is up to the distribution package maintainers. They would 
> be responsible for selecting required or recommended packages, 
> sensible-editors and such.

I don’t have vi on Guix, though vim is available.

Are there distributions that do not have nano?

The big advantage of nano for this usecase is that it gives the basic
commands right in the interface.

Best wishes,
Arne
-- 
Unpolitisch sein
heißt politisch sein
ohne es zu merken