The secret to getting to love vi is to use ed for a few days:rolleyes:
Nano is available as an extension for those sick of typing q!
Bonne chance S
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The only caveat to WinSCP and a windows based editor. Even if you use
Notepad++ or another editor that understands Unix Line endings, WinSCP
can do text file Line ending conversions on the fly, and if not
configured properly can leave you with quite a mess. WinSCP should
automatically detect
cliveb wrote:
> Understatement of the year!
> vi vi vi is the number of the beast for good reason.
I probably should have added that if you are already familiar with vi,
it is merely annoying and counter-productive.
Of course, there are some who love it. There was a time when I used
edlin in
RobbH wrote:
>
> I think the vi editor is pre-installed. It's a good editor to know, but
> if you have never used it before, *it is frustrating and
> counter-intuitive*.
Understatement of the year!
vi vi vi is the number of the beast for good reason.
Until recently: Transporter -> ATC
If you only want to "see" the file, there are the Linux commands cat,
more, and less.
vi is a default Linux editor.
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RobbH wrote:
> Nano can be installed. Check "Extensions" from the pCP main page.
>
> I think the vi editor is pre-installed. It's a good editor to know, but
> if you have never used it before, it is frustrating and
> counter-intuitive. Fortunately, plenty of guides to vi are available
>
dmozell wrote:
> I wanted to look at the contents of a few files in piCore to see how the
> Samba implementation works. I used ssh to get in and found the files I
> wanted (fstab, smb.conf). Nano was not present. Maybe there's another
> text editor. I was still able to see the contents by
dmozell wrote:
> I wanted to look at the contents of a few files in piCore to see how the
> Samba implementation works. I used ssh to get in and found the files I
> wanted (fstab, smb.conf). Nano was not present. Maybe there's another
> text editor. I was still able to see the contents by
I wanted to look at the contents of a few files in piCore to see how the
Samba implementation works. I used ssh to get in and found the files I
wanted (fstab, smb.conf). Nano was not present. Maybe there's another
text editor. I was still able to see the contents by copying the files
to the
