Kubuntu Developers shouldnt be using nano

[Harald Sitter]

As pointed out in a recent kubuntu-dev meeting, kubuntu developers should not be using nano to edit debian/changelog files, since it's lack of broken-syntax-highlighting can cause broken changelog files.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Proposed solution: use vim.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

This bug was fixed in the package jonathan-thomas - 18ubuntu2

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jonathan-thomas (18ubuntu2) reallife; urgency=low

  * Replace usage of nano with vim

 -- Jonathan Thomas <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Oct 2009 20:34:09 -0500

[Roderick B. Greening (roderick-greening)]

Using vim to directly hand edit the changelog should be discouraged. Using dch would be better. Unfortunately, dch lacks color syntax highlighting in it's current state. :)

Ha!

[Roderick B. Greening (roderick-greening)]

> Using vim to directly hand edit the changelog should be discouraged.
> Using dch would be better. Unfortunately, dch lacks color syntax
> highlighting in it's current state. :)
>
> Ha!
>

My bad, dch by default uses nano. Setting

SELECTED_EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim"

in .selected_editor fixes that nicely, and dch then uses color highlights.

Whee!

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