From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 08:33:39 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12D7D624 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:33:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C71AE19C7 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:33:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-111-1.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.111.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 634083CC56; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:33:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s7V8XTJs002009; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:33:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:33:29 +0200 From: Polytropon To: kpneal@pobox.com Subject: Re: how to install wireless n.i.c. on FreeBSD 9.1 Message-Id: <20140831103329.18f5b713.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140830200831.GB12450@neutralgood.org> References: <20140823025527.bd80818d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140826022802.198cd285.freebsd@edvax.de> <3f1e44ea23fb755ae9f8e2390ab2a3d6@surewest.net> <20140830200831.GB12450@neutralgood.org> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:33:39 -0000 On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:08:31 -0400, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 02:38:16PM -0700, leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net wrote: > > topic, can or do you recommend a character mode programer's editor, that > > is, an editor that prints a line number to the left of each line? Thank > > you for any and all comments. Yours truly, Lee > > I use vi for this, and I've gone to the trouble of compiling FreeBSD's vi > AKA "nvi" on the Linux systems I'm forced to use. > > The vi/nvi option for this is "set number". This is a good suggestion, as vi (and vi-like editors) are very common among programmers. Within X, which helps me to organize my workflow consisting of the use of terminals, browser windows, debuggers, manpages, Midnight Commander and other tools, I tend to use gviim (a graphical "enclosure" for vim, "vi improved"). I didn't improve or customize it much - just added line numbers, syntax highlighting and a few other settings. So if you are in X, check out gvim to see if you like it. If you are in text mode, use the system's vi. You can enrich it with a custom configuration file, just like with gvim (which uses ~/.vimrc so it doesn't conflict with the real vi). Your suggestion of vi is hereby seconded. :-) However, for "quick and dirty" stuff (or anything that isn't actually real programming) I use mcedit via PF4 out of the Midnight Commander. This editor is very nice and powerful, but doesn't have line numbers. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...