turning off screensaver

[Jeffrey F. Bloss]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> 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.

Vi is pretty much universal across distributions so it makes sense to
install it. But like you say it's more "involved" than some other
choices and probably confusing for converts. I *think* pico is part of
the standard install though, which is what nano was modeled after.
Might be a better choice in some situations. Not sure about that
though, it may be the pico is just a symlink that's installed with the
nano package...??

> 
> > 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.

I've mucked around with emacs and xemacs a bit but never really
"learned" them. I can get around and do the basics. That's about it.
That's just a matter of pure fate though. I cut my *nix teeth on vi
only by coincidence.

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