On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 09:21, Nick Rout wrote:
> It pays tobe able to at least do the basics with vi, I know its not
> everyones cup of tea, but on some systems (esp BSD's) it is the only
> editor available from an install.
Amen to that! My first experience with a Un*x was also my first experience of
vi, and my first auto-logout. (The Un*x concerned was the OldSCO's
OpenServer ...)
Hint - don't type ^-d twice. The first got me out of vi, the second kicked me
off the system. ;) (And I couldn't log back in, either. I can laugh at it
now, but it was kinda irritating at the time ... ;)
>
> all you need to know how to do is a simple edit and successfully write
> the file and exit.
i for insert, a for append ("insert" before cursor, "append" after cursor.)
ESC for getting back to command mode from edit mode; : (colon) for entering
commands, w for writing text to disk (saving) and q for exiting.
I use emacs now! ;)
>
> On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:32:44 +1300
>
> "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ubuntu comes standard with the Gentoo default editor - Nano - which I
> > find very good.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:11 p.m.
> > To: CLUG
> > Subject: Re: Moving one's data to a new machine
> > There's a M$ like editor... called jed iirc. If ubuntu suports apt, like
> > I think I heard it did, then apr-get install jed will make your life
> > much easier.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Steve
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