[tex-live] Bug#433455: Bug#433455: /usr/bin/pdftex: $TEXEDITdefault doesn't cope with spaces in filenames

[David Kastrup]

Frank Küster <frank at kuesterei.ch> writes:

> karl at freefriends.org (Karl Berry) wrote:
>
>>     +#ifdef  WIN32
>>     +#define EDITOR "emacs +%d \"%s\""
>>     +#else
>>      #define EDITOR "vi +%d '%s'"
>>     +#endif
>>
>> Thanks, I installed that change.
>
> Earlier, Akira suggested to change MPEDIT and MFEDIT, too.  What
> about that?

Actually, it would make more sense to change all those to the
equivalent of

${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-emacs-or-via-according-to-religion}}  +%d \"%s\"

namely: if there is a VISUAL or EDITOR variable set already, it does
not make sense not to make use of it.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum