[juneau-lug] Re: Poor graphics

  • From: Nels Tomlinson <nels.tomlinson@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:46:33 -0800

I've always used emacs.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Mark Neyhart <Mark_Neyhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> James Zuelow wrote:
> >> Thanks, James, but in the end I had to "punt".  And it worked fine.
> >> My attempts to follow your instructions got botched somehow, probably
> >> because I
> >> was using a combination of command line and Ubuntu graphical tools to
> >> get the
> >> job done.
> >>
> >
> > Next time you schedule a meeting, we can go over some basic command line
> stuff.
> >
> > I typically use just the shell, but there are other semi-GUI tools for
> the command line as well.
> >
> > For example Kevin likes to use Midnight Commander to get around in a
> shell.
>
> I'd second that about a discussion of command line tools.  The hardest
> thing about the command line for a novice is remembering the names of
> the commands.
>
> Midnight Commander is a great tool for many operations involving the
> file system.  I've been using it since 1997 or so.
>
> Anybody out there use screen?  I've heard that it is great, but have
> never tried it myself.
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