Howard Stredwick wrote: >>Thanks Howard >> > >>At last someone with sense. >> > >Thanks :-) > >>I have found the shell (that's the console thing, right?) >>But when I type in pico and all that stuff it says command not found. >>I tried nano but it's too complicated, I don't know what it all means. >> > >Yeah, shell is a bad name for the console or terminal. Pico not found? >Hmm. That means it's probably not installed. > >If you are using KDE, try editor or advanced editor - they are very >simple like pico, except they run in the KDE gui. Sorry I can't remember >what menu they are under, but you can get to them from the menu system. >That is if they are installed.... > >If you are using Gnome, try Gedit. Again, I can't recall exactly what >menu it lives in. > >Opening the file should be quite easy in either; they are gui driven. > >If they aren't installed, try emacs- the version I run on RedHat 7.1 >allows you to use the mouse with the console so it shouldn't be too bad. > >Type emacs in the console. > >HTH > >Howard > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Actually nano has the same command structure as pico, and to get pico you need to install pine. You won't be seeing pine in the download edition any longer because the authors have "clarified" their license terms and it is abundantly clear that it is neither free nor open-source nor really distributable. This means of course that you won't be seeing pico either.
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