From 91b9df1de7bae30b0bbdc6ebb8ae529ffa86d5d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <craigmartinjennings@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 15:37:39 -0500
Subject: dwm respects VISUAL env variable for editorcmd

---
 config.def.h | 7 ++++---
 dwm.c        | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 561c758..04f20a0 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont,
 
 #define TERMINAL_ENVVAR "TERMINAL"
 #define BROWSER_ENVVAR "BROWSER"
-static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };         // default for terminal; respects $TERMINAL
-static const char *browsercmd[]  = { "firefox", NULL }; // default for browser; respects $BROWSER
-static const char *editorcmd[]  = { "em", NULL };
+#define EDITOR_ENVVAR "VISUAL"
+static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };         // default terminal; respects $TERMINAL env variable
+static const char *browsercmd[]  = { "firefox", NULL }; // default browser; respects $BROWSER env variable
+static const char *editorcmd[]  = { "emacs", NULL };    // default editor; respects $VISUAL env variable
 static const char *torbrowsercmd[]  = { "tor-browser", NULL };
 static const char *calccmd[]  = { "gnome-calculator", NULL };
 
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index d01d922..ade8f8e 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -1991,6 +1991,10 @@ setup(void)
     if (browsercmd[0] == NULL) {
         die("couldn't load " BROWSER_ENVVAR " environment variable.");
     }
+    editorcmd[0] = getenv(EDITOR_ENVVAR);
+    if (editorcmd[0] == NULL) {
+        die("couldn't load " EDITOR_ENVVAR " environment variable.");
+    }
 
 
 	/* init screen */
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