If you use KDE, you have Kedit.
Standard editors include Emacs and vi (as you say), but there's also vim
and jed to try out.
Quick blast through vi commands:
Quit :q!
Save :w
Insert mode: just hit 'i'
Delete line: d
Delete the next 10 lines: 10d
BTW, the colon introduces a commd. You have to type it. For example, you've
finished inserting some text. Hit ESC to go back into command mode and then
hit colong followed by w. The file will be saved.
As for help, there's always the man pages.]
vi is really good, once you know how to use it! It's like a chicken and egg
thing.
Steve Flynn
IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Lane Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 22/02/2000 16:31:23
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To: Ken Schrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, newbie
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM)
Subject: [newbie] Chopped X
I just installed Mandrake 6.5 on a second machine (looking forward to
seeing how it does on a Netware LAN), but the X display is chopped up
into somewhat large blocks.
I found my monitor in the displayed list. I told it my card has 2 meg
RAM (I'm pretty sure that's right), and I told it to display at
800x600 and 16 bits, since that's what I use in Win 98.
Do you have suggestion? Should I change something in XF86Config?
BTW, I was disappointed not to find joe, the only console editor I
know how to use. What do you suggest for Q&D editing of config files?
If you say something like vi, please tell me how to display the Help
(it does have Help, doesn't it?) or how to save and exit.
Lane
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Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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