From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 4 22:24:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9566616A41A for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 22:24:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F4B713C45D for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 22:24:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB4MODwf031859; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:24:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20071204162235.0248a278@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:23:58 -0600 To: David Banning From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <20071204201405.GB88299@skytracker.ca> References: <20071204191130.GA86443@skytracker.ca> <6.0.0.22.2.20071204134831.024c9de0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <20071204201405.GB88299@skytracker.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for online text editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:24:33 -0000 At 02:14 PM 12/4/2007, David Banning wrote: > > running the java filemanager - same goes for attempting to run > > mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program > > out there that will allow me to simply login and edit my files in > > plain text - (not a gui html editor) ? > > > > I use putty to ssh to remote servers and use vi to edit files once > > logged in to the server. > >But putty has be installed on the machine you are working on, right? > >I need to have access on, say a library computer, where no local software >can be installed. I can log in to webmin and edit the files via their >file manager. The actual edit process does -not- appear to be java, >but the file manager to select the file -is- java so I can't select >the file to edit. Putty is pretty much standalone executable, at least the one for Windows is, you can run it from a thumb drive. If you need a web based application, you can install firefox on a thumb drive as well. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.