Sorry, James M., about not including you with Eric - and all who have 
fantastically made contributions to the beauty that is OO.Regardless of which 
editor one invokes - whether it be pico, nano, or vi - the PDF manual does not 
be a little flexible. Dwight A. Tkatschow's post of  Mon, 4 Sept. 2006 seemed 
to indicate that, at the time, he may or may not have known what a nano was, 
and the PDF installation manual for the Mac port version tended to be rather 
inflexible on that point.Or, it would best to try to use an editor that may be 
native to one particular flavor of an OS - knowing that nano may have been with 
Mac OS 10.4, while pico may still have been a part of Mac OS 10.3.9. Or one can 
use vi, which I just downloaded just now.But telling someone to type in "sudo 
nano..." without telling them WHY was the unnerving part for me, until I 
realized that I could substitute "pico."So when the manual does get updated, I 
would suggest it be re-worded for flexibility's sake - for the uninitiated 
newbies like me.Having learned to make the changes to the xinitrc file by 
whatever method, I got rid of the unwelcome window. Now, it is even easier to 
use OO, because I can use the "command-O" sequence rather using "control-O" to 
open files.I have another computer in my network that runs Win2K, but having to 
use "control-O" on a Mac is just plain unsettling, especially after switching 
from my Windows PC.Thanks for setting me straight, James, on the 
interchangeability of the various editors one can use on files like 
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.Thanks to Uwe Altmann as well.Original Message:Date: 
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:12:26 -0700 (GMT-07:00)From: James McKenzie <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8Subject: [mac] 1.6 How to get 
rid of the Xterm that starts without asking ?There is more than Eric 
here.Second, pico is just another name for nano.  I use vi toedit my files and 
always will.As to updating the PDF, I don't know who created it but it can be 
updated.James McKenzie--Sincerely,Chris Skurkey

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