environment variable

[subhashni]

Hello,
I don't edit .profile much.Now i need to edit to set up prompt and emacs.pls help.
Thanks

[Pete Randall]

For prompt, just do (for example):

export PS1="`hostname`(!)`whoami`# "

I'm not sure what env variables you require for emacs but they would be set the same way.

Pete

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi,

To set the default editor to emacs, enter the following in your .profile

export EDITOR=emacs

and optionally

export VISUAL=emacs

You should also make sure that your PATH variable contains the location of the emacs binary

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/emacs

HTH,
Jeff