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In the default configuration of Ubuntu 18 LTS server, pressing the V key in less calls the nano editor instead of vi while none of the environment variables $LESSEDIT, $VISUAL or $EDITOR are set.



I was able to restore the correct behavior as documented in man less with update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic but this proves less executes editor instead of vi.



Is this a documentation bug (Ubuntu behavior intentionally differing from default upstream less behavior) or a bug in less or is it my fault (did I miss something) ?




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    In the default configuration of Ubuntu 18 LTS server, pressing the V key in less calls the nano editor instead of vi while none of the environment variables $LESSEDIT, $VISUAL or $EDITOR are set.



    I was able to restore the correct behavior as documented in man less with update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic but this proves less executes editor instead of vi.



    Is this a documentation bug (Ubuntu behavior intentionally differing from default upstream less behavior) or a bug in less or is it my fault (did I miss something) ?




    command-line vim less




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      In the default configuration of Ubuntu 18 LTS server, pressing the V key in less calls the nano editor instead of vi while none of the environment variables $LESSEDIT, $VISUAL or $EDITOR are set.



      I was able to restore the correct behavior as documented in man less with update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic but this proves less executes editor instead of vi.



      Is this a documentation bug (Ubuntu behavior intentionally differing from default upstream less behavior) or a bug in less or is it my fault (did I miss something) ?




      command-line vim less




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      In the default configuration of Ubuntu 18 LTS server, pressing the V key in less calls the nano editor instead of vi while none of the environment variables $LESSEDIT, $VISUAL or $EDITOR are set.



      I was able to restore the correct behavior as documented in man less with update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic but this proves less executes editor instead of vi.



      Is this a documentation bug (Ubuntu behavior intentionally differing from default upstream less behavior) or a bug in less or is it my fault (did I miss something) ?





      command-line vim less





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          It's a documentation bug in the man page, the behavior is documented in /usr/share/doc/less/README.Debian).



          In Debian and its derivatives (like Ubuntu) programs must use editor as standard editor if neither $VISUIAL nor $EDITOR is set, see the Debian policy manual.






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          • Do you think I should create a Debian documentation bug for this or will that be ignored anyway in favor of more important bugs ?
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          • The less package already contains a patch for the manpage so the maintainer seems to care about this kind of things.
            – Florian Diesch
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          In Debian and its derivatives (like Ubuntu) programs must use editor as standard editor if neither $VISUIAL nor $EDITOR is set, see the Debian policy manual.






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          • Do you think I should create a Debian documentation bug for this or will that be ignored anyway in favor of more important bugs ?
            – Juergen
            Aug 17 at 13:44











          • The less package already contains a patch for the manpage so the maintainer seems to care about this kind of things.
            – Florian Diesch
            Aug 18 at 8:40














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          It's a documentation bug in the man page, the behavior is documented in /usr/share/doc/less/README.Debian).



          In Debian and its derivatives (like Ubuntu) programs must use editor as standard editor if neither $VISUIAL nor $EDITOR is set, see the Debian policy manual.






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          • Do you think I should create a Debian documentation bug for this or will that be ignored anyway in favor of more important bugs ?
            – Juergen
            Aug 17 at 13:44











          • The less package already contains a patch for the manpage so the maintainer seems to care about this kind of things.
            – Florian Diesch
            Aug 18 at 8:40












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          It's a documentation bug in the man page, the behavior is documented in /usr/share/doc/less/README.Debian).



          In Debian and its derivatives (like Ubuntu) programs must use editor as standard editor if neither $VISUIAL nor $EDITOR is set, see the Debian policy manual.






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          It's a documentation bug in the man page, the behavior is documented in /usr/share/doc/less/README.Debian).



          In Debian and its derivatives (like Ubuntu) programs must use editor as standard editor if neither $VISUIAL nor $EDITOR is set, see the Debian policy manual.







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          • Do you think I should create a Debian documentation bug for this or will that be ignored anyway in favor of more important bugs ?
            – Juergen
            Aug 17 at 13:44











          • The less package already contains a patch for the manpage so the maintainer seems to care about this kind of things.
            – Florian Diesch
            Aug 18 at 8:40
















          • Do you think I should create a Debian documentation bug for this or will that be ignored anyway in favor of more important bugs ?
            – Juergen
            Aug 17 at 13:44











          • The less package already contains a patch for the manpage so the maintainer seems to care about this kind of things.
            – Florian Diesch
            Aug 18 at 8:40















          Do you think I should create a Debian documentation bug for this or will that be ignored anyway in favor of more important bugs ?
          – Juergen
          Aug 17 at 13:44





          Do you think I should create a Debian documentation bug for this or will that be ignored anyway in favor of more important bugs ?
          – Juergen
          Aug 17 at 13:44













          The less package already contains a patch for the manpage so the maintainer seems to care about this kind of things.
          – Florian Diesch
          Aug 18 at 8:40




          The less package already contains a patch for the manpage so the maintainer seems to care about this kind of things.
          – Florian Diesch
          Aug 18 at 8:40

















           

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