"Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Pico is MUCH easier to use than vi. Highly recommended for
> newbies. If your distro installs Pine (one of the standard
> mail readers) then you will automatically have pico. Set
> EDITOR="pico" and alias edit='pico' for carefree editing in
> all situations.
I was with you until that last sentence. I would change that to "for
carefree editing of non-system files". PICO can be an absolute disaster if
you use it to edit those all-too-critical system scripts and such. Edit a
one of your rc scripts with the default word-wrap settings, and all hell
breaks loose when you finally do need to reboot. On Linux/Unix, that could
be weeks, so good luck remembering what you edited that might need repair,
never mind getting into the damned thing!
It's probably a good idea for any newbies to distinguish between "system"
(root) tasks and end-user tasks. Tread lightly and make frequent backup
copies and rescue diskettes until you've mastered things. It's not hard, but
it can be tricky.
- Bob
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