On Fri, March 16, 2007 12:56 pm, Nick ! said: > On 3/16/07, x x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've installed all the sets and got that going, I downloaded all the KDE >> packages from the ftp 4.0 directory, now how do I boot into KDE? >> >> Also, how do I edit a file, can I not go gedit filename.txt or nano >> file.conf >> > > The usual answer is "use vi". I never listened to that. OpenBSD's vi > is not vim. It is very minimalist. That's the point, but it's still > hard to use. I use mg, which is a stripped-down emacs (emacs keys, but > none of the emacs bloat). mg is a bit buggy though and missing some > features.
On the other hand, if you get used to it, vim can be annoying because it keeps wanting to 'help' you. But yes, learn vi or mg, at least well enough for basic config file editing. They may not be your favorite editor, but they are very useful to be able to use when you need to edit something on a new install or over a telnet/ssh connection. Then you can install whatever you like and use it. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
