On Monday 22 February 2010 16:44:41 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:57:42 -0500 (EST), Lisi wrote: > > On Monday 22 February 2010 14:45:11 Stephen Powell wrote: > >> I earlier recommended gedit, which is a graphical text > >> editor for the GNOME desktop environment. I thought that's what you > >> were running. I didn't realize you were using KDE. > > > > Kwrite in KDE is a good compromise between vi and word-processors, and I > > would say is at a similar "level" to gedit in Gnome. Assuming KDE 3.5.x; > > The reason that I don't recommend the use of word processors to edit > text files, even though they *can*, is that by default they usually > save their files in a word-processing format, rather than as plain text. > Having no experience with KDE, I assumed that Kwrite was a word processor. > Apparently not. My mistake. But I also wanted to give him some > experience with an editor that can be used in a virtual console environment > (i.e. with no X server running). Some day he may do something, such as > hose up his X config file, that will prevent his X server from starting. > As a matter of fact, I've helped a couple of users recently who > couldn't get their X servers to run. The last I checked, one of them > still can't. If Cecil can't use any non-graphical editors, he'll be up a > creek without a paddle in this situation. Also, getting his Kwrite session > to run as root is an additional complication. I don't know about KDE, but > GNOME, by default, doesn't even allow the root user to login to the X > console. Since I don't know how to get Kwrite to run as root, I suggested > nano in a terminal session as root, which is very intuitive. > > In the final analysis, I don't care what text editor he uses, as long as > he can get it to run under the root user. > But I thought I should explain the rationale behind my recommendation. > Besides, he used to use DOS; > so the command line interface is not completely foreign to him.
I agree - but I must confess to using Kwrite myself if I have X available. If not, of course, I use Vi/Vim - tho' even there I use Vim if it is available. :-( In Lenny with KDE, running an X application as root can, I think, only be done via kdesu and the Launcher. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201002221757.32323.lisi.re...@gmail.com
