Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-25 Thread David Jardine
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 12:36:17PM +0700, Alex Grigorovich wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 18:49 -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > > vim has multiple-undo, which classic vi doesn't, for one. > > Classic vi does have multi-level undo, it just works differently from > the one in vim. > > In nvi undo

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Alex Grigorovich
On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 18:49 -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > vim has multiple-undo, which classic vi doesn't, for one. Classic vi does have multi-level undo, it just works differently from the one in vim. In nvi undo works pretty literally: it reverses the effect of previous command. In case the

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/24/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah! well I confess to being a complete novice prior to learning vim. > All that I read suggested that knowing vim would suffice to use vi if it > were the only editor available. They're pretty close. vim has multiple-undo, which classic vi do

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/05/05 13:27), Michael Marsh wrote: > On 5/24/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try gvim and vim; the former has a gui interface and will give you a > > slow intro to vim (command line version) itself. There is a very good > > book 'Vi IMproved' by Steve Qualine. Learning vim

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/24/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try gvim and vim; the former has a gui interface and will give you a > slow intro to vim (command line version) itself. There is a very good > book 'Vi IMproved' by Steve Qualine. Learning vim is well worth the > effort and if you are ever co

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: > How do I make a change to the source.list (for example) with my > regular login? I need su privelages. Can it be done from Kate or > Kwrite? Or, do I need command-line? If so, how? > Within a terminal window, run "su -" and provide the root password. At this point you've b

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Adam Funk
David R. Litwin wrote: > How do I make a change to the source.list (for example) with my regular > login? I need su privelages. Can it be done from Kate or Kwrite? Or, do I > need command-line? If so, how? $ su Password: # kwrite /etc/apt/source.list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/05/05 10:21), Ionut Georgescu wrote: > chmod? NEVER! > > install sudo and run either > > sudo vi /etc/apt/source.list > or > sudo kate /etc/apt/source.list > > The best is the first one, of course. ;-) > > > To setup sudo: > apt-get install sudo > su - > vi/joe/emacs /etc/sudoers

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Ionut Georgescu
chmod? NEVER! install sudo and run either sudo vi /etc/apt/source.list or sudo kate /etc/apt/source.list The best is the first one, of course. ;-) To setup sudo: apt-get install sudo su - vi/joe/emacs /etc/sudoers and add an entry with your username, for example george ALL=(ALL) ALL

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-24 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> How do I make a change to the source.list (for example) with my regular > login? I need su privelages. Can it be done from Kate or Kwrite? Or, do I > need command-line? If so, how? - learn how to use sudo - learn how to use vi - use sudo vi /etc/sources.list :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Changes to apt-get

2005-05-23 Thread Glenn Meehan
You could chmod 666 sources.list. But I suspect that the default permissions are set to 644 for a good reason, so you probably ought not go tampering with them. -- Glenn Meehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Changes to apt-get

2005-05-23 Thread David R. Litwin
How do I make a change to the source.list (for example) with my regular login? I need su privelages. Can it be done from Kate or Kwrite? Or, do I need command-line? If so, how? Thank you kindly.-- —Moose Moose Jam Sausage Meow-Mix.—My Hover-Craft is Full of Eels.—[...]and that's the he and the she