For text config files I always use VIM. Everyone should be familiar with a console based plain text editor (vim, nano, emacs, joe, etc, etc) so that if you need to edit config files by hand when you have no X server you won't be totally lost. By familiar I mean, able to edit & save files :) Also, I suggest that you are familiar with a common editor, so that in a reduced environment (rescue disk) you can still be effective.
Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2003 4:23 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Parse error in /etc/make.conf ? > > > mmm didnt word that to well ...basically a raw txt file uses > a different "character" to define these ,where AFAIK the > likes of Kate and MSWord which save in a "document" format > define these different ....resulting in an app trying to pull > strings from what is supposed to be a raw text file having > issues enterpruting the likes of spaces and returns on the > code or text. > > Cheers > Dale. > > Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Yeah 2 good ones are Kate and MS Word ....apparently > something to do > > with the encoding when the likes of page breaks and "returns" are > > saved to file ... > > > > Cheers > > Dale. > > > > Quoting Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > I saw something in the forums.gentoo.org about illegal > characters in > > > make.conf giving this error, something about character encodeing, > > which > > > I do NOT understand. > > > > > > So, it may have been your editor? > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:16:27 +1200 (NZST) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > If you want a "clean" make.conf let me know and I can send you a > > copy, > > > youll > > > > just have to alter the use varibles and c flags etc ...or > > > alternatively a > > > > remerge of baselayout will give you a clean one ;-) ...... > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Dale. > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Steve Brorens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > Well, things are working again (whew!) > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what the ultimate cause of this 'bad' make.conf > > > > > was, > > > but > > > > > here's the lines (scattered throughout the file) that > I needed > > > > > to > > > rem > > > > > out to get things working again. > > > > > > > > > > (a) What's wrong with these, and (b) How could they have got > > > cobbled? > > > > > > > > > > # PS1=\[\033[01;31m\]\h \[\033[01;34m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\] # > > > > > LESSOPEN=|lesspipe.sh %s # > > > > > KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION=DCOPRef(konsole-6502,session-1) > > > > > # KONSOLE_DCOP=DCOPRef(konsole-6502,konsole) > > > > > > > > > > - steve > > > > > > > > > > I'd not been fiddling with any of these lines, and in > retrospect > > I > > > > > doubt > > > > > that the ALSA stuff was related - it was just that I > ran emerge > > > > > directly after that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > > > http://www.commarc.co.nz > > > > > > > > > > (This e-mail has been scanned by MailMarshal) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > >
