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Re: [cobalt-users] (no subject)
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] (no subject)
- From: Dom Latter <qube@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Feb 1 06:12:57 2000
Bill Gunning wrote:
>
> >how do you edit a file in telnet? I tried using pico but it doesn't work.
>
> I use vi filename. Like any other program editor vi uses its own set of
> special keys to perform useful operations. I would recommend buying a
> unix book to refere to, but you can delete a character by typing 'x'
> and you can enter insert mode by typeing 'i' to exit insert mode type
> 'esc' and to save the file type 'esc' to turn off insert mode then 'ZZ'
I don't want to start a Holy War, but emacs is easier to deal with for
people who come from a Windows / WYSIWYG background, as it is not modal.