Oh boy, hmmm, well here goes,
Actually what you do is hold down the control key and hit the 'x' or
'o' or whichever key.
(in the same vein as cmd-s in a word processor will save the file)
Jerry
On Fariday, November 22, 2002, at 02:15 PM, Allan Atherton wrote:
> Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com> wrote:
>> If you know the full path and filename, then just open a terminal
>> window and
>> type sudo pico /path/filename and hit return. Make the changes you
>> wish to. To
>> save the file you will use the control-o (it is called writing out
>> the file).
>> Then use crtl-x to exit.
>
> Well, after typing sudo pico, I copied and pasted the path and
> filename from
> your message, then deleted the extra S.
> But typing cntrl-o did nothing until I also typed the dash. That
> caused some
> movement, so then I typed cntrl dash x and was able to get out. I
> guess I
> did OK because the world didn't come to an end. Sure don't like being
> in
> unix.
> Allan Atherton
>
>
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The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
