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| author | Carlo Sala <carlosalag@protonmail.com> | 2022-01-18 18:46:14 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-01-18 18:46:14 +0100 |
| commit | 540b2200afb68a3282419ffb6c49bbf8f642b67e (patch) | |
| tree | acda2a551d809753f1d73ca496d7fbf9a02ef93c /plugins/sudo/README.md | |
| parent | 4f2d8b4d4cbc51e609f4b568e87907883422ab41 (diff) | |
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feat(sudo): respect `$SUDO_EDITOR` and `$VISUAL`, switch to `sudo -e` (#10596)
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diff --git a/plugins/sudo/README.md b/plugins/sudo/README.md index 012fc5325..27cd20c18 100644 --- a/plugins/sudo/README.md +++ b/plugins/sudo/README.md @@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ By pressing the <kbd>esc</kbd> key twice, you will have the same command with `s $ sudo apt-get install build-essential ``` +The same happens for editing files with your default editor (defined in `$SUDO_EDITOR`, `$VISUAL` or `$EDITOR`, in that order): + +If the editor defined were `vim`: + +```console +$ vim /etc/hosts +``` + +By pressing the <kbd>esc</kbd> key twice, you will have the same command with `sudo -e` instead of the editor, that would open that editor with root privileges: + +```console +$ sudo -e /etc/hosts +``` + ### Previous executed commands Say you want to delete a system file and denied: @@ -44,6 +58,8 @@ Password: $ ``` +The same happens for file editing, as told before. + ## Key binding By default, the `sudo` plugin uses <kbd>Esc</kbd><kbd>Esc</kbd> as the trigger. |