Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:30:43 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Timothy J Luoma <luomat+FreeBSD@luomat.peak.org> Cc: Tim Parkinson <tim.parkinson@ccr.ntu.ac.uk>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sneaky editors [was: I sussed my NIC problems] Message-ID: <19980619093043.11899@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199806181630.MAA27404@luomat.peak.org>; from Timothy J Luoma on Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 12:30:01PM -0400 References: <000501bd9a8c$5aeef2b0$92194798@stimpy> <199806181630.MAA27404@luomat.peak.org>
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On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 12:30:01PM -0400, Timothy J Luoma wrote:
>
> > That, I believe was the root of the further problems I was having after
> > installing a new net card. Maybe I should read the pico docs, and see if
> > there is an option to turn off word wrap.
>
> FYI the -w flag turns off word wrap for pico
>
> HOWEVER it doesn't mean that REALLY long line (256 chars, IIRC) won't be
> wrapped anyway (a major hassle esp if you want to edit your .newsrc or some
> such which may have very long lines).
>
> For 'root' I have actually aliased pico to 'pico -w' because it is easier to
> wrap test using ^j than it is to have it wrap when you don't want it to!
I used to have ee as the default editor for root, and quickly changed
after it ruined a few files, possibly because of sneaky line wrapping
without my consent, or maybe it turned tabs into spaces or something.
Instead of identifying the problem and finding out whether ee's behaviour
could be changed I simply switched over to a more familiar editor.
So if you're editing important files with a simple editor like ee
and unexplained things happen, check the condition of the file you've
edited just in case there is some validity in my suspicions.
If you're really keen, you might even find something in the man page.
Having better editor and a short temper, I didn't get that keen :-)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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