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From: Keith Keller on 27 Nov 2009 19:29 On 2009-11-27, Sylvain Robitaille <syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca> wrote: > > Well, not if he's forgotten the root password. Slackware's single-user > mode requires the root password. > > Point for Slackware ... I believe RHEL/CentOS now requires a root password for single-user as well. --keith -- kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information
From: Dan C on 27 Nov 2009 20:00 On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:58:09 -0600, Aaron W. Hsu wrote: > Lew Pitcher <lewpitcher(a)lewpitcher.ca> writes: > >>Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide(a)local> trolled: >>> Lew Pitcher <lewpitcher(a)lewpitcher.ca> writes: >>> >>>>That is where you should be using ex, not ed. ed edits basic streams >>>>editor while ex is a basic text editor. Try typing "vi" from ex and >>>>ed to see the difference. >>> >>> No, I mean, quite intentionally, ed. Ex is a line oriented mode of the >>> vi "suite" if you want to call it that, but I meant ed. Ex is mostly >>> functionally equivalent at that point, but sometimes, you don't have >>> access to Vi/Ex. :-) > >>Any situation where you would have access to ed and not ex would be >>contrived. > > It's happened to me in real life. It wasn't contrived. It wasn't that > bad. > > Aaron W. Hsu The troll known as 'rm', currently impersonating 'Lew Pitcher', does not know what "real life" is. He lives in a fantasy world ruled by psychiatrists and medication, and in his lucid moments spews out useless drivel to the newsgroup. He is best ignored, and/or ridiculed for the utter whacko and failure that he is. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he wiped the vomit from his chin. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: Dan C on 27 Nov 2009 20:02 On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:27:22 -0800, Keith Keller wrote: > On 2009-11-27, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >> Responding to Keith Keller: >> >>> On 2009-11-27, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: > > [some extra snipping to make the context clearer] > >>>> You're drifting into >>>> a "My fav app" flame-war position. >>> >>> This is like the black hole calling the kettle black. >> >> Y'mean you're treating my problems with Vi as if I'm having a go at >> those who actually like it? > > No, sorry. The last sentence is to what I was referring--you seem to > think that just because nano is your preferred editor that everyone > should include it in their rescue/install media rootdisk. > >> Not the case. Thats just me reflecting /my/ experience. Don't take any >> of this personally. Its just about software, ok? > > Of course. So you know it's not personal when half the entire > population of usenet recommends you learn vi! I'd say it's more like seven/eighths. Some of these n00bs just refuse to listen/learn. <shrug> -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he wiped the vomit from his chin. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 27 Nov 2009 20:12 Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> writes: >Sidenote: An editor that requires a handy handbook? My point made. ;| How many commands do you have to know to actually use Vi to recover something? Movement - hjkl$0 = 6 Editing - i[esc] = 2 General - :wq! = 4 That's twelve. That's not hard for anyone. Most people have that many memorized for any basic editor or even something like MS Word. Aaron W. Hsu
From: Lew Pitcher on 27 Nov 2009 20:36
Sylvain Robitaille, in a blatant attempt to frame Roger Manyard, trolled: > LewPitcher(a)lewpitcher.ca wrote: >>>> ... Remember qedit? Remember the Norton Editor? ... >> You were in your diapers back then, sweetie. ... > I assure you I wasn't, Sorry. Pampers? You missed the whole cotton diaper era, didn't you? > but if memory serves, you were still in school and referring to > yourself in the singular. I certainly remember the existence of > these programs, but I don't remember much of anything about them. > They weren't memorable. If you remember them, as you claim, then they were most certainly "memorable", for you, by definition. >>> No. I typed "ed", not "ex". You weren't there. >> We were there. You weren't. We don't have to be there when you make mistakes. And we don't have to be there to point them out to you. You are quite capable of making mistakes on your own. And who is "Roger Manyard" and why are you so concerned with him? Is he memorable? Perhaps your reference to him is a mistake as well? After all, were you here watching him type at the keyboard? One thing that you should know - the person typing this is the only person in the world entitled to sign his name as: LewPitcher(a)LewPitcher.ca -- Official Website -->> http://lewpitcher.ca/ Something to look at: -->> http://www.emusclemag.com/ Lonely in Brampton? -->> http://gaypros.meetup.com/cities/ca/on/brampton/ Peel HIV/AIDS Network -->> http://www.phan.ca/home.html |