From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jul 6 16:31:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA11016 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:31:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA11010 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:31:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA04429; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 00:08:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nik) Message-ID: <19980707000842.25413@nothing-going-on.org> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 00:08:42 +0100 From: Nik Clayton To: "Peter D. Pawelek" , Sue Blake Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nethack References: <19980706062142.09447@welearn.com.au> <19980705193555.A2497@axess.com> <19980706100424.64956@welearn.com.au> <19980705210908.A2609@axess.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19980705210908.A2609@axess.com>; from Peter D. Pawelek on Sun, Jul 05, 1998 at 09:09:08PM -0400 Organization: Nik at home, where there's nothing going on Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jul 05, 1998 at 09:09:08PM -0400, Peter D. Pawelek wrote: > Well, let's just say that after spending a few hours each night > learning how to use various shells, set environment variables, set > file permissions, etc (not to mention all the X-windows esoterica) > she likes to unwind by cruising around an ASCII rendered dungeon > skewering orcs and kobolds... at this rate she'll be a UNIX wizard > in no time... :)) Just as an aside: if you're using the nethack I know and love, you're probably using the the 'h', 'j', 'k', and 'l' keys to move around the dungeon, right? If so, keep in mind that this is an excellent way to learn the cursor movement keys for 'vi' as well. N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message