# What to default EDITOR in in /etc/profile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410 "2020-12-10T23:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rico](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/rico/32/373_2.png) [@rico](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/rico)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/42 "2020-12-26T13:19:43Z")
notepad.exe for quick fixes, wordpad.exe for more serious development ---
**Author:** ![dbz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@dbz](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/dbz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/43 "2021-01-04T08:59:02Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/8c5d815531f30eb59959630b8b72852594b1285c.png) No need to stress on internal editor. - sudo yum install powershell-7.1.0-1.rhel.7.x86\_64.rpm - Set up SSH, SCP - Setup vscode on your machine - set up vscode remote development extension - Sip Tea and wait for ms to push breaking changes to vscode or powershell 👓 🕶 But really in our age of cloud I don’t see a need for for a terminal editor. Unless you are running an offline; not connected to any network; linux box, Which seams pointless. ---
**Author:** ![jorp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/jorp/32/402_2.png) [@jorp](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jorp)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/45 "2021-01-05T00:14:48Z")
… I think we have our winner ---
**Author:** ![rpyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@rpyne](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/rpyne)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/46 "2021-01-08T02:20:38Z")
Definitely joe for those of use that started on WordStar ---
**Author:** ![gkeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@gkeen](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gkeen)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/47 "2021-01-15T20:19:31Z")
The ed editor 🙂 Please no. ---
**Author:** ![MartinR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@MartinR](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/MartinR)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/48 "2021-01-15T21:25:34Z")
Having just been dealing with a kernel panic leading to an unbootable system with corrupt md and lvm, all I can say is: thank heavens for vi! ---
**Author:** ![Dax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/dax/32/511_2.png) [@Dax](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Dax)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/49 "2021-01-20T15:15:48Z")
We all need to keep it in mind when joking with engineers and technical types that the intent might well be missed. Years ago, I was in a dance club and a group of us had formed over in the corner to hear a clever joke. Jay, one of our members - an electronics engineer - looked at all of us questioningly when we all burst out laughing at the punch line. He failed to see anything funny about the joke at all. Other times, Jay would come excitedly to tell us a ‘hilarious’ joke and we’d all look at each other to see if anybody else had ‘gotten it’ but we seldom did. (???) All I gotta say is that here in ‘Rocky’ where almost everybody has an engineering tendency - humor might well escape most of us. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sn50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@sn50](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sn50)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/50 "2021-01-28T17:26:55Z")
Hmm, then it should really be NOTEPAD.EXE 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rocky.mgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rocky.mgt](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/rocky.mgt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/51 "2021-01-29T04:20:10Z")
hmph. all you cloudy lightweights. keep it lean, save many kilobytes of storage, choose the greybeard: /bin/cat no muss, no fuss. ---
**Author:** ![pyrosanltd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pyrosanltd](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/pyrosanltd)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/52 "2021-04-29T03:26:42Z")
Was wondering when this would creep up. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Dave\_G](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/big_dave_g/32/819_2.png) [@Big\_Dave\_G](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Big_Dave_G)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/53 "2021-05-19T19:07:16Z")
![VIM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/3512db1842ac9aa354cdf8c7a531e04ad199fd3a.jpeg) It even has 2 pence off people (it used to be pronounced tuppence) 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![happytroyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@happytroyboy](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/happytroyboy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/54 "2021-06-28T13:16:19Z")
I vote vim. 😉 Because it is my first used editor. ---
**Author:** ![softman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/softman/32/1234_2.png) [@softman](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/softman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/55 "2021-07-28T18:58:45Z")
it depend what is to do. it can be vim or gedit 😉 ---
**Author:** ![shalom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/shalom/32/1686_2.png) [@shalom](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/shalom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/56 "2022-02-15T05:55:56Z")
VIM is powerful editor , initially it break your head but after some time you love it. Nano is best editor in CLI if you are beginner, easy to understand and use. ---
**Author:** ![Amuthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Amuthan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Amuthan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/57 "2022-04-06T18:06:09Z")
but what about my urge to answer as gedit the only editor i know 😊 ---
**Author:** ![rpyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@rpyne](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/rpyne)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/58 "2022-06-11T15:30:32Z")
As an old timer who cut my teeth on WordStar, I vote for joe. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-to-default-editor-in-in-etc-profile/410/59 "2023-08-25T03:47:48Z")
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