I just tried it: works for me. Joel
David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Bjorn Borud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> so if the context was system administration, I'd vote for vi as >>>> well. if the context was programming I'd vote Emacs. >> >> David Kastrup wrote: >>> You know you can use something like >>> C-x C-f /su::/etc/fstab RET >>> (or /sudo::/etc/fstab) in order to edit files as root in a normal >>> Emacs session? >> >> I've been using emacs for something like twenty years and never knew >> that before. > > The package "tramp" will provide that (as well as editing files over > ssh, scp, rsync, telnet, plink...). It is already preinstalled in > Emacs 22.1, but can also be installed for earlier versions. > > -- > David Kastrup -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109 A webpage of interest: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/sylvester-response.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
