Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 11:03:00 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: James A Wilde <james.wilde@telia.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <19991124110300.63036@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <013101bf3691$501cdd50$8c0aa8c0@hk.tbv.se>; from James A Wilde on Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 04:33:52PM %2B0100 References: <009901bf35ee$d892ef60$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> <Pine.LNX.4.10.9911231727230.15349-100000@jazz.monsterbymistake.com> <19991123232619.50150@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <013101bf3691$501cdd50$8c0aa8c0@hk.tbv.se>
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On Wednesday, 24 November 1999 at 16:33:52 +0100, James A Wilde wrote: >> (from mutt) specially for that purpose. On the other hand, you'll >> find it convenient to have an editor window open somewhere once you >> realise that you can comfortably edit 200 files at the same time. >> It's like a notepad reminding you of what you're doing. > > Can I have vi open somewhere in the background then? Sure. The original suggested that it was a disadvantage. > I don't mean under some kind of GUI. Why not? > I do use the command line for most things. That's not a contradiction. But X enables you to navigate more comfortably, and to see multiple things on the screen at once. > Talking of which, in Linux I can have four terminals open > simultaneously and reach them with Alt-F1, Alt-F2, etc. Does > FreeBSD have some equivalent? Yes. Exactly the same thing. Look at the comments in /etc/ttys for more details. > This FreeBSD machine was installed by someone who really didn't > expect that it was worth leaving manuals, paper or electronic, for > the likes of me so I can't easily look in the documentation > directory. Take a look at http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook.html. It should also be on your machine as file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html, but it looks like it isn't. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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