summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2020-12-08 13:07:17 -0500
committerKrzysztof Gogolewski <krzysztof.gogolewski@tweag.io>2021-01-29 10:16:11 +0100
commit9768f80b0e7df8f60474b0193ddca74d7688f3db (patch)
treef34002ae99779ba56617c3f4f76163afb1fbd472 /docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst
parent5140841ca1acaeaeef893233ae3d08ce4573b01b (diff)
downloadhaskell-wip/T19030.tar.gz
ghci: Take editor from VISUAL environment variablewip/T19030
Following the example of `git`, as noted in #19030. Fixes #19030.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst')
-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst
index a38e334cd6..1e73770c5d 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/9.2.1-notes.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ Compiler
that the compiler automatically insert cost-centres on all call-sites of
the named function.
+GHCi
+~~~~
+
+- GHCi's :ghci-cmd:`:edit` command now looks for an editor in
+ the :envvar:`VISUAL` environment variable before
+ :envvar:`EDITOR`, following UNIX convention.
+ (:ghc-ticket:`19030`)
+
Runtime system
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~