Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:28:24 -0400 From: pippo@bellnet.ca To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to add space Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20021024161852.00aa3800@pop51.bellnet.ca> In-Reply-To: <20021024200557.GA1424@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20021024125901.00aad960@pop51.bellnet.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024093139.00a8df48@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024093139.00a8df48@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021024125901.00aad960@pop51.bellnet.ca>
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At 09:05 PM 10/24/2002 +0100, you wrote: >vi isn't my favourite editor either, but it's well worth persevering >with it to the extent that you can make simple edits without too much >difficulty. This is not a problem. Only, in single user mode it gave me a blank screen and then I could not navigate and it even froze - I was able to exit without saving, but the files were still screwed up. >Either that or be careful to always set the EDITOR >environment variable. In single user you'll probably also need to: > > TERM=cons25 ; export TERM > >for most full screen editors. Hmmm... question: My screen is set to cons50 with green on black While we're at it, I'm a little klost on the setting of environment variables. So far in several years of putzin about with FBSD, I have never had to actually set the variables. All has always worked well by default. So, how would I go about setting the environment variables, especially in single user mode? Do I shutdown now and at the prompt enter TERM=cons50 ? And when I go into single user mode, I have been setting the shell to /usr/local/sbin/bash - does it really make any difference if I use that or should I just go with the default csh? PJ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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