{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "SELECT-EDITOR",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/SELECT-EDITOR/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-14T00:15:52Z",
    "synopsis": "",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "select-editor - select your default sensible-editor from all installed editors\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "select-editor",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "select-editor  provides  a coherent mechanism for selecting and storing a preferred sensible-\neditor on a per-user basis.  It lists the available editors on  a  system  and  interactively\nprompts the user to select one.  The results are stored as SELECTEDEDITOR variable in ~/.se‐\nlectededitor, which is sourced and used by sensible-editor command.   SELECTEDEDITOR  vari‐\nable is overridden by the VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "select-editor was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "sensible-editor(1)\n\n\n\nDebian                                       21 May 2008                            SELECT-EDITOR(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "select-editor - select your default sensible-editor from all installed editors",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "sensible-editor",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/sensible-editor/1/json"
        }
    ]
}