export EDITOR=gedit && sudo visudo opens the sudoers file in the terminal window

[ibuclaw]

Thanks for this, prshah. The need to use environment preservation with sudo is apparently need to Ubuntu 8.04. I'll try to incorporate this into a more permanently visible location, since there are dozens of tutorials on the web that explain how to export editors, but none that I have seen mention this.

If you want a more permanent link. I made a bug about this when Hardy was in Alpha (I'd never used vi before and got quite a shock).

But I think that my workaround is sound too.

Regards
Iain

[p_quarles]

If you want a more permanent link. I made a bug about this when Hardy was in Alpha (I'd never used vi before and got quite a shock).

But I think that my workaround is sound too.

Regards
Iain

I added it to the forum policy statement in Security Discussions, which is a sticky thread.

And, yes, your workaround is good, but it's just a more permanent version of the same thing. The -E option is the key to both.