Simple Question.... Change Default Editor

[Wanch]

How do I change my default editor? Right now it is nano which I don't like very much. I'd rather use vi or at least pico. Can someone tell me how to get this done?

[Jordan]

You need to export your editor:

# set | grep EDITOR
EDITOR=/bin/nano
# which vi
/usr/bin/vi
# export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi
# set | grep EDITOR
EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi
#