visudo uses vim

[benholroyd]

Binary package hint: sudo

at the moment visudo uses vim by default.
if you are a vim user cast your mind back to when you first started using it (vim attemptees will know what i mean) , i dont think attempting to learn how to use vim while editing the sudoers file is perhaps the best way to learn.

perhaps a more sensible default would be nano?

its a fairly simple fix visudo uses /usr/bin/editor which in turn links to /etc/alternatives/editor which in turn (by default) links to vim.tiny

i previously reported this in 100 paper cuts but they rejected it on the basis of the average user not using the terminal and so not being in their remit.

[Carl Strickler (cstrickler)]

vi, vim, view, vipw, vigr, and visudo should ALL call vi(m). The utilities are called "vi(name)" for a reason.

if you are a computer user cast your mind back to a time when you tried to do a specific task and the computer decided that it was smarter than you and knew what you really meant. I don't think attempting to learn whatever the cool editor of the week is when you have a sudoers file full of vi commands and screwy text that was entered before the admin figured out that VIsudo is not using vi is the best way to learn.

I'm sure someone out there can create a nanosudo, picosudo, joesudo, etc. Changing a specific command to call a completely different command because people who want to admin machines find it a nuisance to learn the first command is always a bad idea.