Re: edit-and-execute-command (C-xC-e) doesn't use FCEDIT env variable

[Francis Moreau]

On 8/22/08, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> Good catch.  The command executed is actually
>
> fc -e "${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-emacs}}"
>
> It's the same command for vi and emacs editing modes, though the default
> for vi editing mode is `vi' instead of `emacs'.  The documentation needs
> to be updated, and has for a while, since it's been this way since at
> least bash-2.05.  Seven years is a long time for this to go unnoticed.

hmm why not fixing the command instead ?

VISUAL can be used to visualize a  file, so can be set to 'less' for
example. It shouldn't be used if you wand to edit.

I think what is described in the man is fine. And I wanted to
customize FCEDIT to launch emacs in sh-mode, something I can't do with
current command setting.

-- 
Francis