On Sunday 25 November 2001 19:18, John Griffiths wrote: > 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)
You're right! my bad, forgot about that. I'm helping him offlist now. jesse
