Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 00:46:02 -0800 From: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl, kuishin@singnet.com.sg, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What can be done in Command Line Interface? Message-ID: <20020323004602.7c3fdccc.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <20020323020255.B25792@rochester.rr.com> References: <000801c1d20d$a8791580$3a837dcb@ajax> <7360599577.20020323030236@dds.nl> <20020323020255.B25792@rochester.rr.com>
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Well, it looks like mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> opened his big mouth again, on Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:02:55 -0500, and spouted out this: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 03:02:36AM +0100, Alex wrote: > > Hello Happy, > > > > Saturday, March 23, 2002, 2:54:24 AM, you wrote: > > > > H> Hi, I am a new user of freebsd 4.0. I have installed the OS > > but H> can only use the command line interface because of graphics > > card H> incompatibility. But I decided to learn using the command > > line H> interface anyway. Can the things which can be done in > > GUI be H> done in command line ? e.g, can we email,surf the > > net,install new H> software,browse our hard-disk in command line? > > Also,what are the H> editors and programming software which we can > > open and use in H> command line interface ? Please reply if you > > can. Thanks !! :) > > > > Email - There are lots of e-mail programs that run under command > > line. I didn't have a real experience with these. > > mail, mutt, pine, about a million others. > > > > > Suft - You wanna have a look at lynx. This is a text brouwser with > > support for frames. > > Lynx does not support frames. w3m does (I believe it renders them like > tables.) Links supports tables, and is quite good. Here's the web site - http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/vyplody/links/ -- Chip W www.wiegand.org chip@wiegand.org > > > > Editors - There are two editors that come installed with the OS and > > many more you can install from the ports system. The first Ed is an > > easy to understand. The second is vi. More complex but real handy, > > ones you know how to handle it. > > There's also ee, which should be fairly intuitive for anyone with > a few brain cells in their head. > > > > > The handbook holds more information. You wanna read at least chapter > > 1-4 http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html > > > > > > -- Best regards, Alex > > mailto:freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl > > > > You're going to receive about a million suggestions for the > various types of software you asked about. Find > the one *you* like, as you're going get responses from > people who are religiously tied to things like their editor > and MUA, and therefore have non-objective viewpoints. > > mike > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > > "NOW YOU ARE BOTH GOING TO DIE!!!" > - Pokey the Penguin from "THE FORBIDDEN CANDY" > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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