Bug 120506 – DRI Howto contains editor specific reference

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Chris White (RETIRED) 2006-01-26 20:58:54 UTC]

The DRI Howto contains the following:

Code Listing 3.2: Rebuilding xorg-x11
# vim /etc/portage/package.use

However, after this it says:

Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf with your favorite text editor and edit it to enable DRI and GLX.

While I do worship vim with my entire existance, I think something along the lines of:

Code Listing 3.2: Rebuilding xorg-x11
# $EDITOR /etc/portage/package.use

would be somewhat more prefered.  This will use the system variable "$EDITOR" (generally declared in /etc/profile) to edit the file.

[Comment 1 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) 2006-01-27 02:47:10 UTC]

If you've set the EDITOR var, you already know what editor you need and you won't type $EDITOR foo. If you haven't, you'll end up in nano anyway.

[Comment 2 Chris White (RETIRED) 2006-01-27 07:08:06 UTC]

Actually:

# vim /etc/portage/package.use
(Add the following line if you use one of the abovementioned chipsets)
x11-base/xorg-x11 insecure-drivers

to

# echo "x11-base/xorg-x11 insecure-drivers" >> /etc/portage/package.use

No need to pull open an editor for that much.

[Comment 3 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) 2006-02-01 03:58:44 UTC]

Good point.
In CVS. Thanks.