[SHELL] LS and $EDITOR

Ok, I finally have some time to work on my Linux system: 1) I added export EDITOR=joe to /etc/profile.local, but when I enter edit at the shell, I happen to enter vi again. Solution? And how can I give options to joe when starting via this alias? is the joerc the correct way or have I to change the whole alias? 2) I set some aliases like alias $='ls -alX', and now I am experiencing that I do not get what I wanted. I would like the appearance of the LS output to be like with doscmd=/o:gen, that is directories sorted in a-z order FIRST, then the a-z sorted FILES. Any thoughts? -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤Oliver@home*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤