Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote:
... it was the _initials_ of the name 'visual iinterace
to ed(1).
To ed(1), or to ex(1)? (ed(1) being the older -- and by a
considerable margin the lighter, which is why we even now keep
it in /bin where it does not depend on /usr being mounted.)
From: Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com
To: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 1:06:31 AM
Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help
On Sun, 8 May 2011 17:17:48 -0700
John or Judy Hixson johnorj...@earthlink.net wrote
On Sun, 8 May 2011 22:13:16 -0400
Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote:
The first need to change is your Windoze vocabulary, so the command
line is called a shell. Next you will need to eventually master a
text editor. The are literally hundreds of text-editor in the Unix
world but there are
On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:49:55, Noel noeld...@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/8/2011 7:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson wrote:
(Clip)
I'm trying to learn some FreeBSD in anticipation of eventually admining a
FBSD server for my church office network. I've installed FreeBSD 7.4 on an
old PC and am
On Mon, 9 May 2011 15:04:36 +0100, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote:
There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
I'd like to mention the Midnight
On Mon, 9 May 2011 10:35:54 -0700, John or Judy Hixson
johnorj...@earthlink.net wrote:
Actually I'm using 7.4 because that's the latest version Lucas'
book covers and I learn better with a book in my hand. When I'm
ready to actually use FBSD, I'll get going with the latest
production release.
John or Judy Hixson writes:
Actually I'm using 7.4 because that's the latest version Lucas'
book covers and I learn better with a book in my hand. When I'm
ready to actually use FBSD, I'll get going with the latest
production release.
At the level you're (probably) operating,
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:04:36PM +0100, RW wrote:
There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
It's not just for software development. I use Vim for
There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
It's not just for software development. I use Vim for writing code, but
I also use it for writing in
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:44:57PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
It's not just for software
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:44:57PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing
configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits
of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
It's not just for software
Quoth Chad Perrin on Monday, 09 May 2011:
By the way, I remember a quote:
Hello. My $NAME is ~inigo-montoya. You killed my process. Prepare
to vi. --The Unix's Bride
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 02:55:22PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
That joke is hilarious. Pedantically speaking, though, it has a small
problem: vi is pronounced like vee eye, not like the word vie.
--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
for(;;)
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon May 9 16:16:48 2011
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 14:15:49 -0700
From: Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help
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On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 02:55:22PM -0600, Chad
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon May 9 18:16:11 2011
From: Ricardo Cuevas Camarena rcue...@nic.mx
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 17:59:04 -0500
Subject: RE: Newbie Needing Help
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Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 17:59:04 -0500
Subject: RE: Newbie Needing Help
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Quoth John or Judy Hixson on Sunday, 08 May 2011:
At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
taking my
--As of May 8, 2011 5:45:55 PM -0700, Chip Camden is alleged to have said:
For viewing or editing a file, what you want is a text editor. I use
vim, but it really isn't designed for beginners. Whatever editor you
decide to use, I would advise reading up on it before jumping into text
files.
On 5/8/2011 7:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson wrote:
At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
taking my
On 5/8/11 8:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson wrote:
At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these questions and am therefore
taking my
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 8:17 PM, John or Judy Hixson
johnorj...@earthlink.net wrote:
At the risk of being told to get out of here and never come back (until you
know enough to not need to come back), I need help on some very elementary
stuff. I haven't found anywhere else to ask these
On Sun, 8 May 2011 17:17:48 -0700
John or Judy Hixson johnorj...@earthlink.net wrote:
[...]
Another problem that's throwing me for a loop is that even though I'm
logged in as root I'm getting a permission denied return when I
list a file (e.g. /etc/fstab) and press enter.
When you enter a
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