diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index fccbaf8..0f52ca5 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build a release of tperimeter using 'make'
-# $Id: makefile,v 1.118 2012/06/09 20:57:22 tundra Exp $
+# $Id: makefile,v 1.119 2012/06/09 20:58:15 tundra Exp $
 # Requires a modern 'make' like GNU.
 
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 WHATSNEW.txt: FORCE
 	@printf "%s\n%s\n\n" ${HEADER1} ${HEADER2} | cat - $@ >${TMPFILE}
 	@mv ${TMPFILE} $@
-	@__EDITOR__ __EDITARGS__ $@
+	@emacs -nw $@
 	@cvs commit -m${HEADER1} $@
 
 docs: ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS}