From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 24 7:32:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailf.telia.com (mailf.telia.com [194.22.194.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A6CC15244 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:32:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james.wilde@telia.com) Received: from tbvhks12 (t1o72p83.telia.com [62.20.150.83]) by mailf.telia.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA20263 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 16:31:55 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <013101bf3691$501cdd50$8c0aa8c0@hk.tbv.se> From: "James A Wilde" To: References: <009901bf35ee$d892ef60$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> <19991123232619.50150@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 16:33:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > (from mutt) specially for that purpose. On the other hand, you'll > find it convenient to have an editor window open somewhere once you > realise that you can comfortably edit 200 files at the same time. > It's like a notepad reminding you of what you're doing. Can I have vi open somewhere in the background then? I don't mean under some kind of GUI. I do use the command line for most things. Talking of which, in Linux I can have four terminals open simultaneously and reach them with Alt-F1, Alt-F2, etc. Does FreeBSD have some=20 equivalent? This FreeBSD machine was installed by someone who really=20 didn't expect that it was worth leaving manuals, paper or electronic,=20 for the likes of me so I can't easily look in the documentation=20 directory. Thanks for all your patience. mvh/regards James Wilde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message