Robert Bonomi wrote:
> ... it was the _initials_ of the name 'isual interace"
> to ed(1).
To ed(1), or to ex(1)? (ed(1) being the older -- and by a
considerable margin the lighter, which is why we even now keep
it in /bin where it does not depend on /usr being mounted.)
I remember "horsing aro
>> From: Ricardo Cuevas Camarena
>> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"
>> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 17:59:04 -0500
>> Subject: RE: Newbie Needing Help
>>
>>
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> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon May 9 18:16:11 2011
> From: Ricardo Cuevas Camarena
> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 17:59:04 -0500
> Subject: RE: Newbie Needing Help
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> > -Original Message-
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> On Mon, Ma
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon May 9 16:16:48 2011
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 14:15:49 -0700
> From: Chip Camden
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 02:55:22PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
>
> That joke is hilarious. Pedantically speaking, though, it has a small
> problem: "vi" is pronounced like "vee eye", not like the word "vie".
>
> --
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Chad Perrin on Monday, 09 May 2011:
> >
> > By the way, I remember a quote:
> >
> >
> > Hello. My $NAME is ~inigo-montoya. You killed my process. Prepare
> > to vi. --The Unix's Bride
> >
> > http://www.nancybuttons.com/catalog.cgi?o_custom=&o_selected=1469:1&a
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:44:57PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> >> There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
> >> configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
> >> of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
> >
> > It's not just for softwar
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:44:57PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> >> There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
> >> configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
> >> of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
> >
> > It's not just for software
>> There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
>> configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
>> of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
>
> It's not just for software development. I use Vim for writing code, but
> I also use it for writing i
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:04:36PM +0100, RW wrote:
>
> There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
> configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
> of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
It's not just for software development. I use Vim f
On 9 May 2011 19:05, Robert Huff wrote:
>
> John or Judy Hixson writes:
>
>> Actually I'm using 7.4 because that's the latest version Lucas'
>> book covers and I learn better with a book in my hand. When I'm
>> ready to actually use FBSD, I'll get going with the latest
>> production release.
>
John or Judy Hixson writes:
> Actually I'm using 7.4 because that's the latest version Lucas'
> book covers and I learn better with a book in my hand. When I'm
> ready to actually use FBSD, I'll get going with the latest
> production release.
At the level you're (probably) operating,
On Mon, 9 May 2011 10:35:54 -0700, John or Judy Hixson
wrote:
> Actually I'm using 7.4 because that's the latest version Lucas'
> book covers and I learn better with a book in my hand. When I'm
> ready to actually use FBSD, I'll get going with the latest
> production release.
The sections about
On Mon, 9 May 2011 15:04:36 +0100, RW wrote:
> There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
> configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
> of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
I'd like to mention the Midnight Commander. You can
easily in
On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:49:55, Noel wrote:
> On 5/8/2011 7:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson wrote:
>
> (Clip)
>
> >> I'm trying to learn some FreeBSD in anticipation of eventually admining a
> >> FBSD server for my church office network. I've installed FreeBSD 7.4 on an
> >> old PC and am
> >> trying
On Sun, 8 May 2011 22:13:16 -0400
Alejandro Imass wrote:
> The first need to change is your Windoze vocabulary, so the "command
> line" is called a "shell". Next you will need to eventually master a
> text editor. The are literally hundreds of text-editor in the Unix
> world but there are two pr
From: Janos Dohanics
To: FreeBSD Questions
Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 1:06:31 AM
Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help
On Sun, 8 May 2011 17:17:48 -0700
John or Judy Hixson wrote:
> [...]
> Another problem that's throwing me for a loop is that even
On Sun, 8 May 2011 17:17:48 -0700
John or Judy Hixson wrote:
> [...]
> Another problem that's throwing me for a loop is that even though I'm
> logged in as root I'm getting a "permission denied" return when I
> list a file (e.g. /etc/fstab) and press enter.
When you enter a file name at the prom
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 8:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson
wrote:
> At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
> know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
> stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
>
On 5/8/11 8:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson wrote:
At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
taking my chances.
On 5/8/2011 7:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson wrote:
At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
taking my chances.
--As of May 8, 2011 5:45:55 PM -0700, Chip Camden is alleged to have said:
For viewing or editing a file, what you want is a text editor. I use
vim, but it really isn't designed for beginners. Whatever editor you
decide to use, I would advise reading up on it before jumping into text
files.
Quoth John or Judy Hixson on Sunday, 08 May 2011:
> At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
> know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
> stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
> taking my
At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
taking my chances.
I'm trying to learn some FreeBSD in anticipation
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