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   Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 02:31:35 JST Tim W RESISTS

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   • Julia Evans
   • Simon Tatham
   • Mark Dominus

   @mjd @b0rk @simontatham I am so glad I never had to do editing on a hardcopy terminal.

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     Mark Dominus (mjd@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 02:31:36 JST Mark Dominus

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     • Julia Evans
     • Simon Tatham

     @b0rk @simontatham It's a leftover from when video terminals were not universal. You would set `EDITOR=this VISUAL=that` to tell the system to use `that` if you were on a video terminal, and to fall back to `this` if you were on a hardcopy terminal.

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     Julia Evans (b0rk@social.jvns.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 02:31:38 JST Julia Evans

     • Simon Tatham

     @simontatham I should learn what VISUAL does