Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 23:28:00 -0800 From: "Paul" <paulturner@home.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Find and an editor Message-ID: <006801be1457$5732f460$0a00000a@pdc.frmt1.sfba.home.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01BE1414.3F13DB80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Found this address in the newsgroups. I have 2.2.7 and X working fine. = If only i could get find to search through multiple directories and find = an X editor to edit the important files, I am sure I could go a lot = farther. When I try to use "find sysinstall" for example, it searches only the = current directory. I have since found /stand/sysinstall, but there are = many other files I need to "find". I also would like a stable X based file editor. Please do not point me = to "vi". I admit I am coming from Microsoft. We are a community service non-profit organization, and I am less than = enthusiastic about supporting the commercial monopoly. If you have a moment, I would also like some hints on how to handle the = fact that the rest of the "world" expects us to be able to deal with the = "Word" and "Excel" files that get sent to us, if we go completely = FreeBSD. Sincerely looking for a way out Paul Turner IT Director CityTeam Ministries ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01BE1414.3F13DB80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Found this address in the = newsgroups. I=20 have 2.2.7 and X working fine. If only i could get find to search = through=20 multiple directories and find an X editor to edit the important files, I = am sure=20 I could go a lot farther.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>When I try to use "find sysinstall" for = example, it=20 searches only the current directory. I have since found = /stand/sysinstall, but=20 there are many other files I need to "find".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I also would like a stable X based file editor. = Please do not=20 point me to "vi". I admit I am coming from = Microsoft.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>We are a community service non-profit organization, = and I am=20 less than enthusiastic about supporting the commercial = monopoly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>If you have a moment, I would also like some hints = on how to=20 handle the fact that the rest of the "world" expects us to be = able to=20 deal with the "Word" and "Excel" files that get sent = to us,=20 if we go completely FreeBSD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Sincerely looking for a way out</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Paul Turner</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>IT Director</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>CityTeam Ministries</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0063_01BE1414.3F13DB80-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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