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The default editors for the CLI will be used by many programs to determine which text editor to start up, when needed. Programs such as CLI file managers will use this default, or when invoking an editor from bash using Ctrl+x Ctrl+e. The default editors are set using the VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables. Generally, VISUAL will take precedence over EDITOR, which is used for less capable terminals.