Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:02:55 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Alex <freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl> Cc: Happy <kuishin@singnet.com.sg>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What can be done in Command Line Interface? Message-ID: <20020323020255.B25792@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <7360599577.20020323030236@dds.nl>; from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl on Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 03:02:36AM %2B0100 References: <000801c1d20d$a8791580$3a837dcb@ajax> <7360599577.20020323030236@dds.nl>
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On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 03:02:36AM +0100, Alex wrote: > Hello Happy, > > Saturday, March 23, 2002, 2:54:24 AM, you wrote: > > H> Hi, I am a new user of freebsd 4.0. I have installed the OS but > H> can only use the command line interface because of graphics card > H> incompatibility. But I decided to learn using the command line > H> interface anyway. Can the things which can be done in GUI be > H> done in command line ? e.g, can we email,surf the net,install new > H> software,browse our hard-disk in command line? Also,what are the > H> editors and programming software which we can open and use in > H> command line interface ? Please reply if you can. Thanks !! :) > > Email - There are lots of e-mail programs that run under command line. > I didn't have a real experience with these. mail, mutt, pine, about a million others. > > Suft - You wanna have a look at lynx. This is a text brouwser with > support for frames. Lynx does not support frames. w3m does (I believe it renders them like tables.) > > Editors - There are two editors that come installed with the OS and > many more you can install from the ports system. The first Ed is an > easy to understand. The second is vi. More complex but real handy, > ones you know how to handle it. There's also ee, which should be fairly intuitive for anyone with a few brain cells in their head. > > The handbook holds more information. You wanna read at least chapter > 1-4 http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html > > > -- Best regards, Alex > mailto:freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl > You're going to receive about a million suggestions for the various types of software you asked about. Find the one *you* like, as you're going get responses from people who are religiously tied to things like their editor and MUA, and therefore have non-objective viewpoints. mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "NOW YOU ARE BOTH GOING TO DIE!!!" - Pokey the Penguin from "THE FORBIDDEN CANDY" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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