Pico has been the editor of choice of BASH enthusiasts for years.
Apple's version is very safe. Even on Linux boxes, pico has been fixed
for quite a few upgrades now. Granted it is less extensible than emacs,
but it easy to learn with, some never quit using it.
Jerry
On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 01:56 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>
> This is dangerous.
>
> pico is not a good enough editor for making adminstration changes, it
> line
> wraps at will, which can cause issues.
>
> however, it's the only one that is usable without education. thus my
> suggestion of just giving a command line to do it. :)
>
> Hen
>
> On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 bcforrest at cox.net wrote:
>
>> Keep in mind that you can drag an icon to the terminal
>> window and terminal will enter the complete path to
>> that file automatically. So you could type:
>> sudo pico
>> ... and drag the desired icon to the terminal window and
>> it would complete the command for you.
>> --
>> Bryan Forrest
>> Macintosh Specialist
>> LifeNet
>> http://www.lifenet.org
>>
>>
>>> From: Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com>
>>> Date: 2002/11/22 Fri PM 01:40:23 EST
>>> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
>>> Subject: Re: MacGroup: Changing misspelling in
>> BIND
>>>
>>> Allan,
>>>
>>> You can try the following in Terminal to edit "reserved"
>> text documents:
>>>
>>> 1) Open a terminal window and use the 'cd'
>> command to navigate to the
>>> folder that has the file.
>>> type ls -la then hit return (there is a space there)
>> you will get a
>>> long listing, you want this to detemine any .xyz ending
>> the file has
>>> type: sudo pico filename (with .xyz ending)
>>> You will be asked for your admin password. Enter it,
>> then a text editor
>>> will open up in your terminal window. It is easy to use,
>> it uses the
>>> cursor arrow keys to move around.
>>> Make the changes you wish to. To save the file you
>> will use the
>>> control-o (it is called writing out the file). Then use
>> crtl-x to exit.
>>>
>>> 2) If you know the full path and filename, then just
>> open a terminal
>>> window and type sudo pico /path/filename and hit
>> return.
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>> On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 08:27 AM, Allan
>> Atherton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Schoun Regan <schounregan at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>> ... there is a spelling error in BIND that came with
>> 10.2. The actual
>>>>> BIND
>>>>> service in /System/Library/StartupItems/BIND/
>> BIND has a spelling
>>>>> error to
>>>>> restart the service in case of error (ironically,
>> usually 'caused' by
>>>>> lookupd). You will see DNSSServer instead of
>> DNSServer inside BIND.
>>>>> Try
>>>>> removing the extra S, as root, and that should also
>> help clean things
>>>>> up.
>>>>
>>>> You say "You will see DNSSServer instead of
>> DNSServer inside BIND".
>>>>
>>>> I just took a quick look at BIND in Finder, and it is a
>> 4k document
>>>> that
>>>> does not open. If I come back as root, how would I
>> be able to get into
>>>> it
>>>> and change that misspelling? Do I both have to
>> become root and then
>>>> get into
>>>> the document via Terminal or something?
>>>> Allan Atherton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society
>> will be November 26
>>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/
>> ~lcs>. A calendar of
>>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society
>> will be November 26
>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>.
>> A calendar of
>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November
>> 26
>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>
>>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
