---
name: "cdist-type__sensible_editor"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "cdist"
version: "7.0.0-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdist-type__sensible_editor"
---

# cdist-type\_\_sensible\_editor(7)

Select the sensible-editor

## NAME

cdist-type\_\_sensible\_editor - Select the sensible-editor

## DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to select the **sensible-editor** for a given user.

## REQUIRED PARAMETERS

- **editor**

  Name or path of the editor to be selected. On systems other than Debian derivatives an absolute path is required.

  It is permissible to omit this parameter if --state is absent.

## OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

- **state**

  'present', 'absent', or 'exists'. Defaults to 'present', where:

  - **present**

    the sensible-editor is exactly what is specified in --editor.

  - **absent**

    no sensible-editor configuration is present.

  - **exists**

    the sensible-editor will be set to what is specified in --editor, unless there already is a configuration on the target system.

## EXAMPLES

```
__sensible_editor root --editor /bin/ed  # ed(1) is the standard
__sensible_editor noob --editor nano
```

## LIMITATIONS

This type depends upon the [**sensible-editor**(1)](/sensible-editor/1.md) script which is part of the sensible-utils package.

- **Therefore, the following operating systems are supported:**

  - •

    Debian 8 (jessie) or later

  - •

    Devuan

  - •

    Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) or later

  - •

    RHEL/CentOS 7 or later (EPEL repo required)

  - •

    Fedora 21 or later

Note: on old versions of Ubuntu the sensible-\* utils are part of the debianutils package.

## SEE ALSO

[**select-editor**(1)](/select-editor/1.md), [**sensible-editor**(1)](/sensible-editor/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Dennis Camera \<*dennis.camera--@--ssrq-sds-fds.ch*\>

## COPYING

Copyright (C) 2019 Dennis Camera. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

## COPYRIGHT

ungleich GmbH 2021