-if [ ! -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
- # only try to add bluefish, a gui editor, if there is an X display for it.
- if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
- EDITOR="$(which bluefish)"
- fi
-fi
+# note: the editors for revision control must wait while the document is
+# edited, so gvim and others that launch a separate x window are not
+# going to work well unless they can be prevented from forking the process
+# off.