Nano is not the default editor, and should be

[Matthew East]

In a fresh Dapper install, the default editor is vim. That's no good for a new/intermediate linux user trying to find his way in the command line. Lots of easy common tasks open the default editor, and the user who does "crontab -e" will be confronted with an editor that he can't insert text into, or exit.

Those who like vim can set it, but it's a bad default. Please set nano as the default editor!

[15:50:55] < Kamion> mdke: I'm sure we always intended the default editor to be nano, and I'm sure it used to be nano too

Thanks!

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

I agree the default editor should be nano, but nano is where the bug should be filed.
I spoke to crimsun about this on #ubuntu-bugs and he sugested that nanos postinst script needs to set a higher alternatives priority.
kk

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

Not nano bug

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

Fixed -- vim's alternative was wrong; looks like a dropped merge patch