At 07:07 PM 11/25/01 -0500, Chris Jenks wrote: >At 07:00 PM 11/25/01, John Griffiths wrote: >> > >> >Look inside the directory. There should be a file called >> >INSTALL or README. Use "vi" to open it and do what it says. >> > >> >Good luck. >> > >> >HTH, >> >Jesse >> >>I'd recommend using "more" to view the README file, >>unless you know how to close a file in vi (which most >>newbies do not know how to do) > >Not that it's hard to do. Just make sure to hit esc frist. :q! to not save, >and ZZ to save and quit.(shift + z shift + z)
I wasn't having a pop at vi, just noting that an unfamiliar user (who might not even be aware of virtual terminals) might end up having to hard-boot their entire machine following an instruction to use vi to view a file. (it's not that long ago I had to go to another terminal, ps -ef and then kill a vi process because i couldn't figure out how to make it let go) If you don't already know how to get out of a vi session BEFORE you get into it then you can get badly stuck. I suppose the best instruction would be: $pager README if you have to tell someone how to view a file, then telling them to use vi (without instructions for getting out) is well-meaning but perhaps a little counterproductive)
