There are a lot of graphical user interfaces available for Linux, and Ubuntu bundles some of them. And there are a lot of text editos (like Sublime) In command line you could use some command line editor like "vim" or "nano" or "emacs" or "F4" in Midnight Commander.
But I believe you need to read some books or tutorials about Ubuntu before. Ilya Kazakevich, JetBrains PyCharm (Best Python/Django IDE) http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ "Develop with pleasure!" >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Janelle >Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 12:25 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Django newbie issues > >I've never worked in Ubuntu before, but from what I understand, there is no >text >editor or Word or anything like that; everything is done through the command >line and there is no "desktop." > >So, how would I open settings.py with Ubuntu? > > >On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Lachlan Musicman <[email protected]> >wrote: > > > If they aren't in settings, then the software would never have worked > (if it needed a DB) :) > > You can just open settings.py with a text editor - notepad, wordpad, > gedit, emacs/vim, even word if you want. It's just a text file. > > Cheers > L. > > > On 8 July 2014 14:05, Janelle O'Dea <[email protected]> wrote: > > Again, super helpful. I just have a few more (hopefully not terribly > > obvious) questions: this mechanism specified in settings.py; will I > access > > settings.py the same way as manage.py? python settings.py runserver? > > > > If I find the credentials for the database (if they aren't in > settings.py, I > > probably don't have them...am I screwed?) how can I get to and dump > the >db? > > > > On Monday, July 7, 2014 7:30:44 PM UTC-4, Mike Dewhirst wrote: > >> > >> On 8/07/2014 2:22 AM, Janelle O'Dea wrote: > >> > Thank you, Mike. I haven't tried your first option yet, but I will > >> > either today or tomorrow. What kinds of clues would I look for in > >> > settings? > >> > >> Django needs credentials to access the database and there should be a > >> mechanism specified in settings to get them. I don't keep such things > >> directly in my settings because I keep them under version control. > But > >> if you had unfettered acccess to my machine you could discover where > >> they are. You say you have the Ubuntu machine in question so you > might > >> be able to find them. > >> > >> The fingers crossed part is because the developer might have settled > for > >> the Django Admin superuser credentials being the same as for the >database. > >> > >> If not, but you do have the database credentials you can dump the db, > >> start another Django project with the same source code and load a new > >> database to gain complete access to everything. > >> > >> Also: any ideas about my first question? > >> > >> No. I'm not a Mac person. But permissions on Macs are (I believe) the > >> same as for Linux/Unix. > >> > >> Good luck > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> > > >> > Everyone: I'm in Naples, Florida. If anyone is in the Southwest > Florida > >> > area and wants to try and help, I'll get you a Randy's key lime > pie. Or > >> > take you out for seafood. Or something. > >> > > >> > On Sunday, July 6, 2014 7:36:46 PM UTC-4, Janelle O'Dea wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I have two separate Django questions. > >> > > >> > One: I am trying to learn how to use Django on my computer >(Mac OS, > >> > Mavericks) and was first getting the error "unable to open >database" > >> > when running "python manage.py syncdb." To fix it, I followed > >> > instructions from here: https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw > >> > <https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw> > >> > Now, I can't save settings.py. I realize this may have to do > with > >> > the advice to change permissions on the page I just linked to; > how > >> > can I change them back? > >> > When I run the "python manage.py syncdb" command now, it >tells me > >> > there's a syntax error in settings.py. When I try to fix > settings.py > >> > and save it, it tells me ERRNO 13 permission denied. > >> > I'm mainly trying to get a feel for Django because I may want > to >use > >> > it in the near future. > >> > > >> > Two: At my workplace, someone produced a Django app on >Ubuntu. The > >> > app is a source database for reporters to view and add to (I > work >at > >> > a newspaper). The main question: can I get the source >information > >> > out of this database so that we can recover it and use it, > even if > >> > the original creator of this app/database is not available? He > isn't > >> > responding to phone calls or emails, and bosses want me to see > if >I > >> > can extract the info. 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