turning off screensaver

[Matthew Flaschen]

Jeffrey F. Bloss wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 
>> Jeffrey F. Bloss wrote:
>>> Do the 'killall' thing just to be sure, Then, rather than 'gedit
>>> <path/to/file.name>' use 'vi path/to/file.name'. Hit 'i' to get into
>>> the vi editor's "insert" mode, navigate with the arrows and make the
>>> changes. 
>> You'd probably find nano easier.  It's simpler (more like notepad...).
> 
> Nano isn't installed by default is it??

My mistake.  I thought it was.  It's kind of funny that it isn't, though.

> I'm sure vi is so when handing out advice, meager as it is, I'll
> probably stick with what I know is available rather than suggest
> someone install another editor just to change a couple lines of text.
> For the same reasons, I'll suggest gedit over gvim. It has nothing to do
> with what's "easy". :)

Nano is easy, just not powerful.  I'm learning to use emacs myself.

Matthew Flaschen

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