From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 25 3:50:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.phys.univ.kiev.ua (hq.ups.kiev.ua [193.125.78.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B904014CB8 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 03:45:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from usov@hq.ups.kiev.ua) Received: from hq.ups.kiev.ua (class12.phys.univ.kiev.ua [194.44.151.88]) by mail.phys.univ.kiev.ua (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA26662; Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:57:49 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <383D2CFA.4A4B8BF9@hq.ups.kiev.ua> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:35:06 +0200 From: Alex X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James A Wilde Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? References: <009901bf35ee$d892ef60$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> <19991123232619.50150@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <013101bf3691$501cdd50$8c0aa8c0@hk.tbv.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG James A Wilde wrote: > > > (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 > equivalent? This FreeBSD machine was installed by someone who really > didn't expect that it was worth leaving manuals, paper or electronic, > for the likes of me so I can't easily look in the documentation > directory. Yes, it have! Try Alt-F1, Alt-F2, and so on. If You want to change the number of vtty`s see /etc/ttys and your own kernel configuration. And one more: FreeBSD uses vtty0 for administartive messages, thus it`s better to use vtty{1,2,3,..} By! Usov Alexander Kiev State University To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message