vi is probably more powerful than pico (as is emacs, my editor of choice),
you just have to know the right commands. Pico, in my experience is enough
for most, and best for newbies.
vi has two modes: command mode ("read only" mode), the function of which
is self explanatory and insert mode which
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Will Trepanier wrote:
vi is one of those tools that you love to hate. The NGs are filled
with flames on the pros and cons.
It has a rather steep learning curve and is especially daunting
to newcomers, but if you are serious about learning *nix, it is a good
tool in
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At 10:08 AM 2/10/00 -, you wrote:
use vi, type vi filename at a command prompt, useful commands are:
:write - to save
:quit - to quit
:quit! - to force quit
btw. you will probably
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, you wrote:
On 9 Feb, Hill, Andrew wrote:
How do I edit the fstab without access to the xwindows system? which
program?
Try your favourite ascii text editor: vi, joe, jed, emacs,.
the file is /etc/fstab
John
At 10:08 AM 2/10/00 -, you wrote:
use vi, type vi filename at a command prompt, useful commands are:
:write - to save
:quit - to quit
:quit! - to force quit
btw. you will probably hate it :)
Shame on you, suggesting than a new user use vile and then giving an
inadequate warning. I stumbled
On the other hand, Vi - improved, the glorious Vim , is
worth learning because of its staggering flexibility - and anyone
using Mandrake 6.1 or 7 gets a natty GTK interface with pretty icons
and all the things that those poor souls suckled on Windows need to
feel right at home. Try the Vim
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At 10:08 AM 2/10/00 -, you wrote:
use vi, type vi filename at a command prompt, useful commands are:
:write - to save
:quit - to quit
:quit! - to force quit
btw. you will probably hate it :)
Shame on you, suggesting than a new user use vile
You need to edit /etc/fstab to make this possible
On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Hill, Andrew wrote:
I have been trying to access my hda1/windows drives from a simple user,
not root, when I saw someone suggest logging on to linux as a single
user system, linux -s, will this give me access to the
your favorite text editor /etc/fstab (e.g. emacs fstab or vi fstab).
fstab is just a text file which mount reads when you give it a command and
which, I presume, the kernel reads on bootup and issues mount commands for
your main partitions.
DvB
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Hill, Andrew wrote:
How
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote:
On 20 Nov 1999, Jaguar wrote:
Can I boot from LM 6.0 CDRom, and then using a cable modem point to LM 6.1 on
an FTP and end up with a working LM 6.1???
TIA
Jaugar
no, the cd would need to be remade to use the network.img instead of the
cdrom.img from
Thanks.
I have a static ip from my isp already. allowing port 80 access will be no
problem, as I am going to set up another pc just for the purpose of hosting my
web site, on the world side of the firewall, this way there will be little
chance of someone getting into my home lan. At least I
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Thanks.
I have a static ip from my isp already. allowing port 80 access will be no
problem, as I am going to set up another pc just for the purpose of hosting my
web site, on the world side of the firewall, this way there will be little
chance of someone
On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Thanks.
I have a static ip from my isp already. allowing port 80 access will be no
problem, as I am going to set up another pc just for the purpose of hosting my
web site, on the world side of the firewall, this way there
On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 09:43:22PM -0800, Chip Wiegand wrote:
I am interested in this also. I have apache installed and it does run. I can
connect to my pages from any pc in my home network. The next part is this -
How do we (I) get to our pages from the outside world? Don't we need a
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
well they DONT need a statuc ip that is for sure. I dont have one :)
I use dynip, which will automagicly post your dynamic IP to the major DNS
servers.
www.dynip.com
On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 09:43:22PM -0800, Chip Wiegand wrote:
I am interested in this also. I
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote:
I am interested in this also. I have apache installed and it does run. I can
connect to my pages from any pc in my home network. The next part is this -
How do we (I) get to our pages from the outside world? Don't we need a
connection to the internet, other
On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 03:35:22PM -0800, Dreja Julag wrote:
Hello all! I am wondering if I can create a web server of my own with my linux
box for my friends and neighbors. I think it sounds like a cool experiment,
but I don't know where to start. Thanks for the help. I know, I could
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Robert Benson wrote:
Hi
Two questions:
1. I hear my modem in root, but not in my user account. That is
when I am dialing in with pkkk.
Is that some anti kppp software or a type-o :)
Have you tryed moveing the volume slider under the "modem tab"
You
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Joel Doucet wrote:
I keep trying to contact someone from linuxmandrake but nobody wants to
responce to my e-mails,
You apparently didn't write to the right address ([EMAIL PROTECTED])?
When i configure X windows,i have to
select my monitor, and since my monitor isn`t
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard htathat linux can only use 64MB of memory by deafault. Is this
true? Where can I change this optioinn?
It is no longer true with 2.2 kernels.
LLaP
bero
Did you import the registry hack for encrypted passwords? it's in
/usr/doc/samba-%{version}/
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, stephan schutter wrote:
Is there any one there that knows how to use linuxconf to set up windows
connectivity -- I have seen 3 MCSE people try for 2 hours! It should not, can
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