Dave Houghton wrote: >[snip] > > >Thank you, I have downloaded quite a few manuals, - even The Integrators >Manual. (A more advanced document .......) gee whiz I don't really need a >more advanced document I need a more basic simple document written for >idiots like me. When it comes to computers "I'm an idiot". So I need simple >step by step, and one step at a time instructions, preferably in English >using little words. (come on laugh it's meant to be funny). > > Heh, it is funny :)
>Can someone see if I'm on the right track. >The following is where I'm at: > >Opened 'gedit' >Opened emc2 >Opened configs >Opened smill.ini (I named my mill smill -Sherline mill) > > And here is where you see why "simple, step by step instructions" fail. You named your configuration "smill", someone else names theirs "my-mill", someone else has a lathe, someone else names the config "Bridgeport1". Things get confusing when the instructions have to like this: [...] Open the configuration named the same as you used in step 3 Open the file with the extension ".ini", with the same name as the configuration you're modifying. [...] At some point, the user must think about what they're doing, and step-by-step instructions with placeholders like those above will make less sense than "open the ini file in the editor of your choice, and make the following changes". >(so far so good) >Now I have found >[DISPLAY] > >Under [DISPLAY] there is no 'EDIT = ' in there so I assume I have to type in > >'EDIT = gedit' (without the quotes) > >Question 1) Is the above correct? > > I believe the option is "EDITOR", not "EDIT" >Question 2) where do I type it in? - at the top of the list - bottom of the >list, or doesn't it matter. > > Doesn't matter. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
