Dapper: vim instead of nano as editor alternative?

[Carroll Grigsby]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Thursday 16 March 2006 20:42, Alexandre Franke wrote:
> 
>>On 3/16/06, Alan McKinnon <alan at linuxholdings.co.za> wrote:
>>
>>>Except that dropping to a console is still required fairly often
>>
>>Can't sudo gedit /some/file do the trick ?
> 
> 
> gedit will be the newbies first choice, but what will they do if X 
> won't start?


Alan:
1. Open mc (Midnight commander); copy targetfile to targetfile.old.
2. Close mc.
3. Fetch my copy of Linux in a Nutshell to the section on vi.
4. Open vi targetfile.
5. Make changes, constantly consulting Linux in a Nutshell.
6. Check and recheck.
7. Save file and exit vi.
8. Cross fingers and test modified file.
9. If successful, celebrate. If not, cuss, rinse and repeat as required.
-- cmg