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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T16:13:08+00:00 2026-06-02T16:13:08+00:00

My question is about Midnight-commander. I’ve unset usage of internal editor (in Options ->

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My question is about Midnight-commander. I’ve unset usage of internal editor (in Options -> Configuration) and put in .bashrc:

export EDITOR='emacsclient -n'

still – pressing F4 gives nothing, pressing F3 – opens in vi. Is there a way to make emacsclient to be a default text editor in mc?

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    2026-06-02T16:13:09+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 4:13 pm

    Remove ~/.selected_editor, then when you press F4 next time, MC will prompt for select editor. Or, you may directly change it.

    $ cat .selected_editor
    # Generated by /usr/bin/select-editor
    SELECTED_EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim.basic" 
    

    This works on Ubuntu. I have tried any other ways to setup default editor which won’t help.

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