rilly quick,dumb question...

[Keary Suska]

on 7/15/02 10:51 AM, kcross@linex.com purportedly said:

> I've got to edit a .file(invisible).
> What editor can 'see' these files.
> Kinda tried the obvious things but...
> 
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AFAIK, all of them. You may have to set some preference to show hidden (or
dot-leading) files, or there may be an option to set, in the open file
dialog. The purpose of dot-leading files/directories is not to hide them
from the user, but to simply keep them from cluttering directories and to
prevent accidental modification/deletion, since these files tend to be
configuration files of some kind.

Perhaps a more productive question would be, "Does anyone know how I can
open hidden files in X?" where X is your editor of choice.

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"