From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jul 6 22:52:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00809 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:52:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bag-1.mail.digex.net (bag-1.mail.digex.net [204.91.99.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00794 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:52:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from guetzkow@access.digex.net) Received: from roadside (dcc12493.slip.digex.net [205.197.203.144]) by bag-1.mail.digex.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA23327 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 01:52:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Daniel Guetzkow" To: Subject: RE: Nethack Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 01:48:46 -0400 Message-ID: <000101bda96b$2dd72070$9001010a@roadside> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 In-Reply-To: <19980707094242.15217@welearn.com.au> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org '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*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message