Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Tuesday, 2008-11-18 at 09:06 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
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If your panicking because you don't know vi, no sweat, just do this (still as root):
# vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
For a novice, it is far easier to use "joe". It is included by default on all installs, even on the rescue disk - and has online help :-)
-- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
I like them both. As long as I have 'ctrl+k h' in joe and as long as I have :help *and* remember that [esc][esc] gets me back to command mode, I'm good to go in either. I used to think vi was the most cryptic beast imaginable, but after using it a little and just remembering 'i' to get to insert mode [ins] to toggle between insert and overwrite mode, and remembering [esc][esc] to get out of each, I began to like it. Where else do you get to do :set nu, :12,18/^/# / and :12,18/# // to get line number see you need to comment lines 12-18 and then uncommenting the lines again in 3 short commands? If you want to look at a truly cryptic beast --> look at emacs -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 510 Ochiltree Street | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 | Telephone: (936) 715-9333 | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 | http://www.opensuse.org/ www.rankinlawfirm.com | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org