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[Greg Hamilton]

If you type a lowercase v while perusing a document using more (or 
less) the file is loaded into the editor specified by your EDITOR 
environment variable. The default editor is usually vi, though for a 
first time Linux user pico would be a better choice as it behaves a lot 
more like the editors a DOS/Windows user would be familiar with and it 
conveniently displays all the keyboard shortcuts  at the bottom of the 
console. One of the most frustrating things about vi for a first time 
user is trying to work out how to save and how to quit. That's why I 
keep my trusty vi coffee mug handy at all times.

Greg

On 28/04/2004, at 5:26 PM, Olaf Olson wrote:

> Here's a nickel's worth. According to the man page for less:
>
> DESCRIPTION
>       Less is a program similar to more (1), but which allows backward 
>  move-
>       ment in the file as well as forward movement.
>
> So, after all this time, not quite fully reading your e-mails, your 
> problem editing /etc/inittab seems to be that you are using a viewer 
> (less), when you should be using an editor (vi or pico), as Jeff 
> states below. Both are a bit arcane, being UNIX based text edtors, but 
> man pages are available for each of those, too.
>
> If you haven't got those available, let us know and someone can send 
> you the text from their own man pages, to explain the use of vi or 
> pico.
>
> Olaf
>
> Jeff Folk wrote:
>
>> Yes, you should use vi or pico as root to edit the file.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2004, at 7:39 PM, Thomas Sorensen wrote:
>>
>>> OK I believe what you are saying and he admits he has no experience 
>>> with a
>>> Mac or YDL and is just trying to help. My question to you is why 
>>> won't the
>>> etc/inittab allow me to edit it, do I need to open it in another 
>>> program to
>>> make the change to level 3, when I use less /etc/inittab it seem to 
>>> be more
>>> of a read only program. One other observation if I type single in 
>>> the kernel
>>> exceptions I get to a command line promp of sh-2.05b# and it won't 
>>> go any
>>> further. I'm sorry to have offended anyone by my lack of Linux 
>>> knowledge and
>>> have posted also on the newbie list but got no responses, I thought 
>>> the idea
>>> of the mailing list was to help other people out and try to expand 
>>> Linux
>>> usage. Thanks
>>
>>
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