On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 12:33 PM, Gretchen Summers wrote:
Essentially when you open a file with pico, it copies the file to a section of memory called a buffer. When it asks you to save the modified buffer, it's asking if you want to save the contents of that buffer back to a file.
After you press 'Y' to save the contents of the buffer, it should have a prompt that says 'File name to write:'. On my window, it has the file name 'mime.types'. If that is not there, you will need to type it in then press return afterwards.
Normally you should type in 'exit' on the command line before closing a terminal window, but I don't think it hurts too much when using pico. I may be wrong though.
Also, when typing in "pico.mime.types", there should be a space between 'pico' and 'mime', not a period. That should get you back into that file.
Brian
Brian,
OK. I'm a little closer. I was able to do the first part--pico.mime.convs. When I got to the point where I typed "Y" to save modified buffer (whatever that is!), it went fine. When I pressed return, however, it said "file not found." So I closed the terminal window, and opened a new one. I typed in "pico.mime.types," and it said "file not found." I don't know what else to do. BTW, I hope I didn't mess anything up by just closing the window. I really am a novice with the terminal.
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:20:02 -0500, Brian Futrell wrote:This is what I did:http://www.macosxhints.com/ article.php?story=20021101062604548&query=sharing+printers+with+Windows
On Saturday, March 20, 2004, at 08:27 AM, Gretchen Summers wrote:
Brian,
I don't know what to do when you get to this step (this is where I got
hung up the first time). As I mentioned, I am not very familiar with
the terminal and how to use it.
4. Use a text editor to uncomment the following line towards the end
of the mime.convs file (by removing the # sign):
#application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
I usually use pico as the editor, as it is fairly self explanitory
(sudo pico mime.convs).
At the command line I typed in 'pico mime.convs' (without the quotes). I moved the cursor towards the end of the file until I saw the line mentioned in step 4. I then removed the # sign by using the delete key (del didn't work). It's like the 5th line from the bottom of the file. Then I pressed Control and X to exit the pico program. It will ask you to Save Modified buffer. Type 'Y' to proceed. It will then ask you for a file name. Press Return to accept the default file name.
5. Also uncomment the following line towards the end of the mime.types file: #application/octet-stream
At the command line I typed in 'pico mime.types' (without the quotes). I moved the cursor towards the end of the file until I saw the line mentioned in step 5. I then removed the # sign by using the delete key (del didn't work). Again it's like the 5th line from the bottom of the file. Then I pressed Control and X to exit the pico program. It will ask you to Save Modified buffer. Type 'Y' to proceed. It will then ask you for a file name. Press Return to accept the default file name.
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:07:40 -0500, Joe Questore wrote:I finally managed to share the HP Deskjet 812c connected to my G3 AIO with my Windows XP computer using an article from www.macOSXhints.com. Here's the exact link I used:
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I hope my steps help you out Gretchen. If not, let me know.
The two files mentioned above can only be saved once the sudo command is issued. This is done in Step 3.
While I'm not as proficient with the BSD command line, I've used PCs long before Windows was in widespread use. The DOS command line was the only way to do things.
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