He shouldn't have to "go" anywhere since if he's running Mandrake 7.0,
or 7.1 vim is on one of the isntallation CD's that Mandrake comes on. In
fact, it should already be installed on the system.
Mark
Juha Siltala wrote:
>
> Go to nonags.com. Get vim.
>
> JS
>
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Mike & Tr
Go to nonags.com. Get vim.
JS
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> Where do you find VI for windows?
>
> Thanks, Mike
>
> >On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote:
> >
> >Me too! I have even convinced my manager to let me have vi for winbloze on
> >my machine at work :)
> >
Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
>
> I despise Vi. It makes no sense to me. I use emacs
> and xemacs everyday. It's probably as arcane as Vi
> but it's style of arcane works with my brain where as
> Vi makes my brain short circuit. Last time I tried it
> my girlfriend spent two days cleaning my fro
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
>Where do you find VI for windows?
>
>Thanks, Mike
Check out www.vim.org
There are ports for loads of environments there :)
Paul
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Where do you find VI for windows?
Thanks, Mike
>On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote:
>
>Me too! I have even convinced my manager to let me have vi for winbloze on
>my machine at work :)
>
>Paul
>
>>YESYESYES
>>
>>I agree!
>>
>>Kathleen
>>
>>Mark Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> naaah...it's jus
try jed ( I like it) command line or console... prettty
colors..
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> emacs will from from a command line and doesn't
> require X windows to be available.
>
> Save is ctrl x s
> exit is ctrl x c
>
> should be enough to get you through bas
Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> naaah...it's just a real pain to use till you get used to it. Vi is
> much easier to learn than emacs. IMHO of course.
>
> --
> Mark
Uh-Oh, Mark,
On some of the other lists I subscribe to this could turn into a real "j
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote:
Me too! I have even convinced my manager to let me have vi for winbloze on
my machine at work :)
Paul
>YESYESYES
>
>I agree!
>
>Kathleen
>
>Mark Weaver wrote:
>
>> naaah...it's just a real pain to use till you get used to it. Vi is
>> much easie
om LA)
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] last one to be answered :(
> steve waltman dodges barkley, jumps over pipin down center court for the 3
> pointer he shoots.. B
again...I learned something new again today..
Steve Weltman
(from LA)
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] last one to be answered :(
> that certainly is one
emacs is a text editor plus.
vi is better.
:)
Kathleen
is partisan, can you tell?
patrick wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > thought emac was for mac comps, maybe i read to much into names
>
> thats what i thought too
Abe wrote:
> It cracks me up how everyone has suggested a different command line text
> editor. Vi, Emacs, Vim and Pico so far.
Well, vi and vim are pretty much the same. I use vim.
> Jesus saves,
> Allah forgives,
> Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
*grins and shows off her cthulhu
YESYESYES
I agree!
Kathleen
Mark Weaver wrote:
> naaah...it's just a real pain to use till you get used to it. Vi is
> much easier to learn than emacs. IMHO of course.
>
> --
> Mark
>
> ** =/\= No Penguins were harm
uhm
im using a laptop,
toshiba satellite 1675cds
In a message dated 09-Sep-00 23:01:14 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< Ok...here's what ya do. At the LILO prompt boot linux by typing the label
name that you normally use and add a number 3 to it. It might look
something li
steve waltman dodges barkley, jumps over pipin down center court for the 3
pointer he shoots.. BRICK!!!
well i tried that although with this version the program is called xf86config
dont know why they named it after the file it modifies but ohwell either way
it is corrupted not just th
x27;s here what the turnout is...
>
> Steve Weltman
> (from LA)
> - Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] last one to be answered :(
>
>
> > i d
> problem is knowing the names of the man pages
This is an understated and underestimated problem with computers and
software in general. We're provided with lots of syntactic reference
support (here's all the options you can use with this command) but
very little guidance when it comes to what
Ok...here's what ya do. At the LILO prompt boot linux by typing the label
name that you normally use and add a number 3 to it. It might look
something like this:
boot: linux 3
This will take you to "run level 3" which is the console login as opposed
the the X login screen. Log in as root and a
Um, that was meant to be "let us hear what happened here"...You get the
idea...
Steve W.
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Weltman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] last one to
ve Weltman
(from LA)
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] last one to be answered :(
> i dont care what it is as long as its currently on my system, easy to get
to
> since im
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> thought emac was for mac comps, maybe i read to much into names
thats what i thought too
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> why is it my problems are ignored for stuff that has been answered a million
> times over yet i sit here with a linux prompt and no x windows
> :(
> xf86config doesnt work anymore so i cant use that, found an xf86config file
> that was optimized for my system yet i cant
i dont care what it is as long as its currently on my system, easy to get to
since im still learning file structure of linux, and it doesnt give me a
headache trying to save an xf86config file from windows to linux, had to use
windows to find file that may or may not work
In a message dated 0
In a message dated 09-Sep-00 21:50:20 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
ok my problem is while i was able to use x windows everything was too big and
changing resolution didnt help so i tried going from a 800x600 lcd display to
640x520
and then x windows wouldnt load, so i tried
It cracks me up how everyone has suggested a different command line text
editor. Vi, Emacs, Vim and Pico so far.
Abe
>= Original Message From Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
>try using vi. It's way cooler than pico anyway. What seems to be the
>problem with you display? I honestly don
naaah...it's just a real pain to use till you get used to it. Vi is
much easier to learn than emacs. IMHO of course.
--
Mark
** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299
** <_||_> in the making of this
try using vi. It's way cooler than pico anyway. What seems to be the
problem with you display? I honestly don't remember seeing any posts from
you about configuring X. But you've got my undivided attention fellow
penguin keeper! :)
--
Mark
---
problem is knowing the names of the man pages
Cheer up, I spent $100 for windows and it didnt work right either!
But seriously, from the command line you almost certainly have vim,
emacs, probably pico, and several other editors that will do the job in
the command line. Each of them will be well (but possibly cryptically)
documented. See for
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