---
name: "select-editor"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sensible-utils"
version: "0.0.25"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/select-editor"
---

# select-editor(1)

select your default sensible-editor from all installed editors

## NAME

select-editor - select your default sensible-editor from all installed editors

## SYNOPSIS

**select-editor**

## DESCRIPTION

**select-editor** provides a coherent mechanism for selecting and storing a preferred sensible-editor on a per-user basis. It lists the available editors on a system and interactively prompts the user to select one. The results are stored as **SELECTED\_EDITOR** variable in ~/.selected\_editor, which is sourced and used by [**sensible-editor**(1)](/sensible-editor/1.md) command. SELECTED\_EDITOR variable is overridden by the **VISUAL** and **EDITOR** environment variables.

## AUTHOR

**select-editor** was written by Dustin Kirkland \<kirkland@canonical.com\>.

## SEE ALSO

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