Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:33:29 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install wireless n.i.c. on FreeBSD 9.1 Message-ID: <20140831103329.18f5b713.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140830200831.GB12450@neutralgood.org> References: <c0493cf1a6cb62e193163d781348b8ad@surewest.net> <20140823025527.bd80818d.freebsd@edvax.de> <df00e520b70e5b6fc5c379195956d6b7@surewest.net> <20140826022802.198cd285.freebsd@edvax.de> <3f1e44ea23fb755ae9f8e2390ab2a3d6@surewest.net> <20140830200831.GB12450@neutralgood.org>
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:08:31 -0400, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 02:38:16PM -0700, leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net wrote: > > topic, can or do you recommend a character mode programer's editor, that > > is, an editor that prints a line number to the left of each line? Thank > > you for any and all comments. Yours truly, Lee > > I use vi for this, and I've gone to the trouble of compiling FreeBSD's vi > AKA "nvi" on the Linux systems I'm forced to use. > > The vi/nvi option for this is "set number". This is a good suggestion, as vi (and vi-like editors) are very common among programmers. Within X, which helps me to organize my workflow consisting of the use of terminals, browser windows, debuggers, manpages, Midnight Commander and other tools, I tend to use gviim (a graphical "enclosure" for vim, "vi improved"). I didn't improve or customize it much - just added line numbers, syntax highlighting and a few other settings. So if you are in X, check out gvim to see if you like it. If you are in text mode, use the system's vi. You can enrich it with a custom configuration file, just like with gvim (which uses ~/.vimrc so it doesn't conflict with the real vi). Your suggestion of vi is hereby seconded. :-) However, for "quick and dirty" stuff (or anything that isn't actually real programming) I use mcedit via PF4 out of the Midnight Commander. This editor is very nice and powerful, but doesn't have line numbers. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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