Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 01:48:46 -0400 From: "Daniel Guetzkow" <guetzkow@access.digex.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Nethack Message-ID: <000101bda96b$2dd72070$9001010a@roadside> In-Reply-To: <19980707094242.15217@welearn.com.au>
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'vi', the VIsual editor, is pronounced "vee-eye" by the way.
[Microsoft is having fun calling their Visual InterDev product by that name,
just to encroach on traditions, I'm told.]
ditto 'cu', the Communications Utility, a remote terminal emulator. say
"cee-you".
and 'rc' was the "Run Command" file. Then it became a whole set of them,
with rc tucked away in the name (look in /etc).
Just some nomenclature history to help indoctrinate newbies.
From: Daniel Guetzkow just click here: mailto:guetzkow@access.digex.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sue Blake
Sent: Monday, July 06, 1998 7:43 PM
To: Nik Clayton
Cc: Peter D. Pawelek; freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Nethack
On Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 12:08:42AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> 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?
Clearly I'm not :-( I tried installing it last night and... well... when
I cheer up I might tell the tale of woe.
I've got nethack-3.2.2.tgz and nethack-qt-3.2.2.tgz here, and this qt
business means nothing at all to me. Is one the X version or what??
> If so, keep in mind that this is an excellent way to learn the cursor
> movement keys for 'vi' as well.
Eh, you're not going to put me off nethack before I've tried it! :-)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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