[systemd-devel] [PATCH] systemctl: add edit verb

[Dale R. Worley]

> From: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>

> Normally $VISUAL would be first, followed by $EDITOR...
> 
> (But in practice nobody sets them to different values anyway, since no
> programs aside from mailx care about the distinction. So it's fine
> either way, and just ignoring $VISUAL would be just as good.)

I ran into an archived message which suggested what the "traditional"
indicator was for "visual" vs. "dumb" terminals:  If TERM is unset, or
had the value "dumb", then it's a dumb terminal.  Otherwise, it's a
visual terminal.

Dale