# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1106104531 0
# Node ID aa9bc151d2fa007132a0519a7d7aa0f1efe4ff8c
# Parent  ea96466f98eafff0bffcb03d8c45641f15b5f91b
[project @ 2005-01-19 03:15:31 by jwe]

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-18  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* octave-bug.in: Try harder to find default editor.
+
 2004-12-17  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Use AC_GNU_SOURCE.
diff --git a/octave-bug.in b/octave-bug.in
--- a/octave-bug.in
+++ b/octave-bug.in
@@ -63,7 +63,33 @@
 
 TEMP=/tmp/octave-bug.$$
 
-: ${EDITOR=emacs}
+if [ -z "$DEFEDITOR" ] && [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+  if [ -x /usr/bin/editor ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=editor
+  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/ce ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=ce
+  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/emacs ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=emacs
+  elif [ -x /usr/contrib/bin/emacs ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=emacs
+  elif [ -x /usr/bin/emacs ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=emacs
+  elif [ -x /usr/bin/xemacs ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=xemacs
+  elif [ -x /usr/contrib/bin/jove ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=jove
+  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/jove ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=jove
+  elif [ -x /usr/bin/vi ]; then
+    DEFEDITOR=vi
+  else
+    echo "octave-bug: No default editor found: attempting to use vi" >&2
+    DEFEDITOR=vi
+  fi
+fi
+
+: ${EDITOR=$DEFEDITOR}
+
 : ${PAGER=more}
 
 trap 'rm -f $TEMP $TEMP.x; exit 1' 1 2 3 13 15