serverguide methodology

[Daniel Robitaille]

> While proof-reading the serverguide recently, I noticed a slight
> inconsistency in approach. When talking the user through editing files,
> sometimes the guide sets out the command necessary to open the file
> (e.g. sudo vim filename), and sometimes it simply says "edit the file
> [filename]". I personally prefer the second approach, I think the guide
> should contain a brief section at the beginning about editing files.
> Further, I really don't think that vim should be the recommended editor,
> new users won't be able to use it properly, while they will be able to
> use nano. Experienced users can use whatever they like.
>
> thoughts?

I agree.   Especially since nano seems to be installed by default
(something I didn't know).  If you never used vi/vim, it's really not
obvious that to do for someting even simple like saving and quitting
the application.







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Daniel Robitaille