Perforce 2009.2: Command Reference

P4EDITOR

Description

The editor invoked by those Perforce commands that use forms.

Usage Notes

Used by Client?	Used by Server?	Command-Line Alternative	Can be set in P4CONFIG file?
Yes	No	None	Yes

Value if not Explicitly Set

Operating System	Value
UNIX and OS X	If EDITOR is set to any value, then the value of EDITOR; otherwise, vi.
Windows	If SHELL is set to any value, then vi; otherwise, notepad
VMS	If POSIX$SHELL is set, then vi; otherwise, edit.
Macintosh	If EDITOR_SIGNATURE is set, then the program with that four-character creator; otherwise, SimpleText.

Examples

/usr/bin/vi

emacs

SimpleText

Notes

The regular Perforce commands that use forms (and therefore, use this variable), are p4 branch, p4 change, p4 client, p4 job, p4 label, p4 submit, and p4 user.

The superuser commands that use forms are p4 depot, p4 group, p4 jobspec, p4 protect, p4 triggers, and p4 typemap.