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To: David Bushong <david@bushong.net>
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Subject: Re: dumb console in single user mode
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Hi,

thanks for your advice, I was thinking about installing screen very
soon, but at the moment I'm just after a build kernel + world and I
urgently want to run mergemaster, being in single user mode (ssh for
example is not working, probably some other stuff, and I'm not brave
enough to install a port at that state. Do you think it could really be
a problem or am I overparanoid?), I want to run vi parallelly (which
forces me to use job control, as I only have one terminal in s.u. mode,
screen would really be nice here; therefore I cannot cut&paste into
vi...) to log the changes (I did not see the mergemaster manpage to
mention it would auto-log anything, did I oversee something?).

Thanks for your advice anyways, and sorry for my overlong sentences...

Thomas

David Bushong wrote:
> 
> I know I've run vi in single user before (and less works), so it's not a
> dumb terminal, per se.  For arrow keys in less, just use 'j' to go down and
> 'k' to go up a line (a la vi).  For cutting and pasting, try using screen
> (/usr/ports/misc/screen).  It will let you cut and paste, and also allows
> you to have virtual terminals and whatnot.  Fair warning: it's got a bit of
> a learning curve to get full utility out of it.
> 
> --David Bushong

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