[SOLVED] commands - view, edit, ...

psihokiller4 · 2010-07-31 19:56:28

I'm googling for 2 days now and cannot find any kind of commands witch would guide me

what I'm searching is right now is:

how to operate with arch edit as when I try to edit a file I gain an empty line and not whole page to edit as in install

how to exit of viewing a file I looked a file and I cannot get out I tried
esc
alt+x
ctrl+x
shift+x
super+x
alt+q
ctrl+q
shift+q
super+q
and I'm out of any ideas

I would appreciate the commands for anything else too please

Last edited by psihokiller4 (2010-07-31 20:33:46)

cesura · 2010-07-31 20:08:14

Do you mean Vim? You can use Shift+ZZ to save and exit.

Could you make what you want clearer? Right now, I could only understand you wanted to exit an editor.

Last edited by cesura (2010-07-31 20:09:15)

hokasch · 2010-07-31 20:09:08

Googling for your editor + "commands" should help you.

karol · 2010-07-31 20:22:41

psihokiller4 wrote:

I'm googling for 2 days now and cannot find any kind of commands witch would guide me
what I'm searching is right now is:
how to operate with arch edit as when I try to edit a file I gain an empty line and not whole page to edit as in install
how to exit of viewing a file I looked a file and I cannot get out I tried
esc
alt+x
ctrl+x
shift+x
super+x
alt+q
ctrl+q
shift+q
super+q
and I'm out of any ideas
I would appreciate the commands for anything else too please

I started using vim because of the joke "how to generate a variable-length random characters sequence" :-)

If you're using vi(m), press Esc, the : (colon) q and Enter.

<Esc>
:q<Enter>

psihokiller4 · 2010-07-31 20:23:10

I'm very beginner arch user I'm still stuck in console
pacman doesn't work yet so i'm trying to solve this thing

whell shift+ZZ, ctrl+Z works fine for exiting view file
ctrl+Y works for exit editing file thanks

but when I edit a file I gain just 1 empty line how do I know what I'm editing in a file?

EDIT: I don't know what editor 'm I using
propably default one

and googeling editor + "commands" didn't help me

and probably I'm not using vi(m) as

<Esc>
:q<Enter>

doesn't work not for edit not for view

Last edited by psihokiller4 (2010-07-31 20:30:28)

hokasch · 2010-07-31 20:30:23

I meant the editor you are using, not "editor". Same goes for manpages or help options inside the editor. There is no "default" editor, normally you just type "nano filename", or vim or whatever you want to use.

karol · 2010-07-31 20:30:59

> I'm very beginner arch user I'm still stuck in console
Sorry, but maybe Arch isn't for you. If you're getting stuck while editing a file you lack some knowledge - probably lots of it - to operate Arch on a reasonable level.
I'm quite sure you can pick what editor do you use for configuration.

psihokiller4 · 2010-07-31 20:32:07

yeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyy

nano fliename is correct for editing

thankssssss........

Trent · 2010-07-31 23:03:31

psihokiller4 wrote:

whell shift+ZZ, ctrl+Z works fine for exiting view file

Note: Ctrl-Z is usually caught by the shell and means "suspend", not "exit" -- to revive a suspended process, type 'fg' at the shell prompt.

psihokiller4 · 2010-07-31 23:11:13

karol wrote:

> I'm very beginner arch user I'm still stuck in console
Sorry, but maybe Arch isn't for you. If you're getting stuck while editing a file you lack some knowledge - probably lots of it - to operate Arch on a reasonable level.
I'm quite sure you can pick what editor do you use for configuration.

yes I do have a lack of knowledge but I want it and I try to search it
and I have learned a of of arch so I WANT to continue

karol · 2010-07-31 23:13:02

psihokiller4 wrote:

and I have learned a of of arch so I WANT to continue

The question is: are you able to?

Good luck and have fun.

bernarcher · 2010-08-01 06:21:39

psihokiller4 wrote:

karol wrote:
> I'm very beginner arch user I'm still stuck in console
Sorry, but maybe Arch isn't for you. If you're getting stuck while editing a file you lack some knowledge - probably lots of it - to operate Arch on a reasonable level.
I'm quite sure you can pick what editor do you use for configuration.

yes I do have a lack of knowledge but I want it and I try to search it
and I have learned a of of arch so I WANT to continue

Just keep on. You are on the right way.
Only be prepared to have to lookup quite some stuff until everything works (do consult the arch wiki - most questions are answered there already, get accustomed to the man pages (and try the apropos command), search the forum, and google, of course).
Iif you really try to help yourself and still get stuck, we will be glad to assist however possible.
This is Arch philosophy.

Last edited by bernarcher (2010-08-01 06:23:01)

cesura · 2010-08-01 06:27:44

psihokiller4 wrote:

karol wrote:
> I'm very beginner arch user I'm still stuck in console
Sorry, but maybe Arch isn't for you. If you're getting stuck while editing a file you lack some knowledge - probably lots of it - to operate Arch on a reasonable level.
I'm quite sure you can pick what editor do you use for configuration.
yes I do have a lack of knowledge but I want it and I try to search it
and I have learned a of of arch so I WANT to continue

Yeah, don't listen to anything karol says. He's just trying to hurt your feelings

Kidding of course...

Last edited by cesura (2010-08-01 06:28:11)

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