Manage and

defaults/main.yml

@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ accounts:
 # some additional aliases
 git_pull_alias: false
 git_typo_alias: true
+
+# default editor/visual
+install_editor: true
+dotfiles_default_editor: '/usr/bin/vim'
+dotfiles_default_visual: '/usr/bin/gedit'

tasks/main.yml

@@ -143,3 +143,12 @@
     - accounts is defined
     - accounts != ['root']
     - accounts != 'root'
+
+- name: Install vim and gedit
+  become: true
+  package:
+    name:
+      - vim
+      - gedit
+    state: present
+  when: install_editor | bool

templates/bash.bashrc

@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ alias la='ls -A'
 alias l='ls -CF'
 {% endraw %}
 
+# default editor
+alias EDITOR='{{ dotfiles_default_editor }}'
+alias VISUAL='{{ dotfiles_default_visual }}'
+
 {% if git_typo_alias | bool -%}
 alias got='git'
 {% endif %}

vars/main.yml

@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ bash:
   shell: "/bin/bash"
   keyboard: '$(if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]];then echo "\[\033[01;33m\]"; else echo "\[\033[01;31m\]"; fi) $(if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then printf "\xE2\x9D\xA4"; fi) \[\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[01;36m\]@\[\033[01;32m\]\H\[\033[01;34m\] <\A> \[\033[01;35m\] \j \[\033[01;36m\] \w \[\033[01;33m\]\n\[\033[01;33m\] $(git branch 2>/dev/null | sed -n "s/* \(.*\)/\1 /p")$\[\033[01;00m\] '
 
-playbook_version_number: 114 # integer without dots
+playbook_version_number: 1024 # should be over ninethousand
 playbook_version_path: '/etc/ansible-version/role_dotfiles_chaos-bodensee_github.version'