On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 23:40 -0500, linux r wrote: <<<<<<--- snip --->>>>>> > Don't know about your gedit woes. But how about vi? > > # vi /etc/yum.conf > > <Escape i> # to insert > Esc shift : # takes you to the colon prompt > :wq # will write and quit; q by itself quits > without writing or committing changes > > > Marc > Beyond doubt, vi is the best of all cli editors. Been using it for years. Thing is (At least for me.), I can't see the point of having a gui desktop if basic tools included with the desktop can't be used as su. OTOH, if you don't understand the system at the cli and can't use cli tools like vi and your system gets hoarked, your done (Or close to done...). Best Marvin Dickens
