From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 5 15:37:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9141516A41B for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 15:37:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D3E13C44B for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 15:37:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lB5FWLxD021349; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:32:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lB5FWLYO021348; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:32:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:32:21 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Bill Vermillion Message-ID: <20071205153221.GA21074@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20071205090239.E6CCC16A474@hub.freebsd.org> <20071205153310.GA14975@wjv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071205153310.GA14975@wjv.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-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: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:37:08 -0000 On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:33:10AM -0500, Bill Vermillion wrote: > > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:35:02 -0500 > > From: Jerry McAllister > > Subject: Re: looking for online text editor > > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:11:31PM -0500, David Banning wrote: > > > > Often I have to maintain my fbsd box from outside locations. > > > 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) ? > > > Are you talking about something like 'vi(1)' ? > > That is the most standard plain text editor unless you want to > > go even further down to sed(1). > > > You would just ssh in (maybe using PuTTY if all you can get on > > is a Microsloth box), log in as you and then su to root and edit > > files directly. > > Just a miner kerkshun here. :-) I'm sure you mean ed(1) - the > basic editor. sed is the stream editor. You are right. The fingers seem to run under their own agenda. ////jerry > ... > > Bill > > -- > Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"