On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 08:44, you wrote: > 1 - csawtell is quite correct, Kate is specifically designed for > working with text files and shouldn't muck them up - and is > definatly not the culprit here > > 2 - Matthew Gregan correctly spotted the cause - dumb user error > > ...but, quite unrelated to this, I intend to force myself to re-learn > and use vi/vim - at least to the extent of confidently cutting and > pasting!
http://www.kegel.com/linux/training.html in particular:- http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html > nano and pico are easy, but I think can cause probs too if you leave off > the -w; It wraps at 80 chars. unless you use the -w option flag. You can always use the alias mechanism. > besides, the horrible learning curve of vi - or emacs if you > follow that path - is one of the great *nix traditions :-) flamebait, score: -1 :-) -- C. S.
