Surprises me :) I've never heard an enthusiast give pico a good word. It's always been a good beginners editor, but had the problem of damaging files.
It's good to hear that's fixed and it can actually be trustworthy. Hen On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Jerry Yeager wrote: > 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>. > > 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>.
