It’s really easy to set the default editor using the update-alternatives command. Open up a terminal window and type in the following command:
Here’s an example of what you’ll see:
You can select the editor you want by just typing in the number. For example, if I want to change the default editor to vim, I would just hit the number 1.
There are 5 alternatives which provide `editor’. Selection Alternative ———————————————– 1 /usr/bin/vim 2 /bin/ed + 3 /bin/nano 4 /usr/bin/vim.basic 5 /usr/bin/vim.tiny Press enter to keep the default[], or type selection number:
You can test this out by typing in crontab -e to edit your cron file. You should see the editor that you chose, instead of the default.
