cron - How can I set sublime as default text editor for crontab? - Ask Ubuntu

how can set sublime default text editor crontab?

i write cron jobs regularly able edit crontab -e using sublime rather nano.

i have started creating .desktop file sublime.

i have tried use select-editor terminal not display sublime option.

ubuntu 15.10

the sequence pick editor cron following, first 1 wins:

• visual environment variable
• editor environment variable
• /usr/bin/editor

so set visual sublime's path e.g.:

export visual=/usr/bin/subl 

add ~/.bashrc permanent assignment.

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for 1 run, send visual crontab's environment:

visual=/usr/bin/subl crontab -e