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Content-Language: en-US To: zsh-users@zsh.org References: From: david rayner In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailcore-Auth: 8308408 X-Mailcore-Domain: 840527 X-123-reg-Authenticated: david@rayninfo.co.uk X-Originating-IP: 95.145.222.232 X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfIP3CSettp+zFq8yMzFpRo1AilTVhPhgqlvHXVOaXBoSyw57LdP0m1TaJeirrCjJjoMGIpwAnbC3EU5vlD1OPXR7L/3nQ+vzn/v7sR2rYj0xShVss/i7 sfcs4lii7lGmA/L8mKZTw5pAaiszGOTxpBbOtzUHAL7vmPuaUPmRNlujhcsNkN9PlEkJgWkzvhWnrA== X-Seq: 28016 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On 30/08/2022 20:38, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 11:39 AM zzapper wrote: > >> I am using a shell (/bin/sh) script which stubbornly calls the terminal >> version of gvim instead of the desired GUI version (gtk). >> >> I suspect the script doesn't know there is a GUI but what decides that? > How is it being called? Some programs use the $VISUAL or $EDITOR > environment variables to decide which editor to open. > PEBCAK: embarrassing mistake! Of course I'd set EDITOR=/bin/gvim but in .zshrc but the sh script obviously wasn't using .zshrc echo 'Red Face' zzapper