Index: awesomerc.lua
--- awesomerc.lua.orig
+++ awesomerc.lua
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ beautiful.init(gears.filesystem.get_themes_dir() .. "d
 -- @DOC_DEFAULT_APPLICATIONS@
 -- This is used later as the default terminal and editor to run.
 terminal = "xterm"
-editor = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "nano"
+editor = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "vi"
 editor_cmd = terminal .. " -e " .. editor
 
 -- Default modkey.