Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 15:04:36 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help Message-ID: <20110509150436.61984090@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimE3ZnORQDsBrT=wEKc6KCDWSaMyg@mail.gmail.com> References: <C9F6205F-EFEC-484C-B97E-01046AF89502@earthlink.net> <BANLkTimE3ZnORQDsBrT=wEKc6KCDWSaMyg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 8 May 2011 22:13:16 -0400 Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org> wrote: > The first need to change is your Windoze vocabulary, so the "command > line" is called a "shell". Next you will need to eventually master a > text editor. The are literally hundreds of text-editor in the Unix > world but there are two predominant editor cultures: the vi guys and > the Emacs people. Although, if you cant be doing with either, you are in good company: http://colin.percival.usesthis.com There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.
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