Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:41:58 +0000 From: Ian J Greely <Ian@tirnanog.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie resources? was: Re: a question Message-ID: <vTiCOCatft2YspTgViSyGnPYM7yt@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20000116130805.E508@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <000801bf6039$a303c980$d301fc3f@y2s> <20000116130805.E508@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:08:05 -0800, you wrote: >* TONY SIM <y2s@prodigy.net> [000116 07:53] wrote: >> i just got a freebsd 3.3 some weeks ago, but it was kinda hard >> to use.... it is currently installed in my old computer so i can >> learn how to use it without interrupting my school work (i'm just >> a high school student) > >> i was wondering, however, if there was a news letters that can >> teach novice, like myself, to use unix or define terms 'n uses in >> unix... (i still don't understand where or how to use vi or emacs... >> i mean, what r they for? r they like edit.com in dos? oh, 'n they >> are only 2 out of million things i am confused about...) > Any Unix tutorial should be able to help you get grips with the system. In particular you will be better off with a BSD book than a system V. If you have the spare $ you might consider the O'Reily CD set of unix books which you could set up on your "other" computer to use as a reference. In learning vi or emacs you might look for a port to your other machine too. I certainly found that I kept going back to doze for stuff that I had to get done before I bought the O'Reily Vi book.=20 If you have a copy of Vim on a doze box though you can try to use it as your default editor and only drop into edit notepad or whatever when you *HAVE* to get something done. Then when you go back to the Unix box the commands will be like second nature. (doh!.. I wish) You should find that you can use Unix type stuff on the doze box while you build your familiarity with the system and make the big leap... Consider using Star Office on the doze and 'Nix box so you have the same tools available in whatever environment and you are not constantly having to back track. It's more difficult in a working environment though. The number of times I find ":237Gwww" popped into the middle of a c file under the M$ Visual Studio. *doh!*=20 regards, Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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