guys -- my bash scripting is pretty rusty, but try putting the following in your .bash_profile export EDITOR="`which vi`" and let me know if that works to set your SVN editor to vi -- Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (pounds_aj at mercer.edu) Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627 http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj