Where is a good url to get the tar file for nano you use on zLinux?
Thanks, Detro Senior IT Specialist 1177 S. Belt Line Rd; Coppell, TX 75019 Internal Mail Stop: 77-01-3001O; Coppell, TX Phone: 469-549-8174 (t/l 603-8174); Fax: 469-549-8235 (t/l 603-8235) Send me an email [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Global Solution Center Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> 03/24/2008 03:55 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Using VI via Telnet to Linux on z ??? I've installed and used nano at several client sites lately.....works great, and the prompting helps me remember how to get at least simple editing chores done.... Edmund R. MacKenty wrote: > On Monday 24 March 2008 15:59, David Boyes wrote: >> 4) Force everyone to learn at least the basics of vi listed in #2. >> Inevitably there will be some reason why you can't install something >> better. > > Vi is still the "default" editor for Linux, even though the GNU project has > written the "nano" editor. Weighing in at a svelte 377K when built with all > features enabled under SLES 9 for z. That's far smaller than the 1.4MB vim. > Links against fewer shared libraries too. It uses an "emacs-like" key > mapping, and actually shows a table of common keys on-screen so you can > figure out how to use it when you start it up. It uses ncurses, so it won't > work on 3270 either. > > Unfortunately, the major distros do not seem to have picked this up. Anyone > else run across nano yet? It builds out of the box under Linux on z. > - MacK. > ----- > Edmund R. MacKenty > Software Architect > Rocket Software, Inc. > Newton, MA USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- DJ V/Soft z/VM and mainframe Linux expertise, training, consulting, and software development www.vsoft-software.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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