how can change default text editor in mingw32

Question

I would like to change or add the ability to open files when working with mingw32 with a different text editor ( in my case sublime text 2 ) I have been googling around but I'm not sure i understand how to do this.

I would like to be able to do the following from the command line:

$ st textfile.text -- where st is a command to use st2 to open the textfile.

you can already do this with vim

I'd appreciate any pointers.

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Try setting the editor variable, as described here.

Answer 2

If the sublime text 2 application is named st.exe, add the directory where it is to PATH. Doing it only for mingw32 should be possible with adding it in your .bashrc like:

export PATH=$PATH:<msyspath-to-st-directory>

But you could aswell add it to Environment variables in Windows to make it work in cmd.exe aswell.