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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:14:01 +0000
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On 16 February 2012 at 11:40, Emlio wrote:
> I've tried to set the env variable EDITOR as nano, in order to use this
> editor instead, but the trick doesn't seem to work in cygwin.

This works fine for me.  Are you sure you have nano installed? What's the
result of running `which nano`?

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Metaswitch Networks

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