nano (was pico)

[Alex Snow]

Also a note about nano: it works much better then pico cursoring-wise.  I
find probelems editing files with pico bc of issues with cursoring that
don't seem to effect nano as bad. thus making it my editor of choise.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: nano (was pico)


> Sinceyou couldn't install everything, some things weren't installed. It
> stands to reason.
>
> As it happens, Pine and Pico are being phased out by Red Hat because of
> their nonfree license. Instead, get nano. It's a pico look alike. You
> can download from my anonymous ftp server:
>
> ftp.rednote.net
>
> Once there:
>
> cd goodies/textapps
>
> and then issue:
>
> get nano-1.2.1-3.i386.rpm
>
> Or, better still, use a program you probably have:
>
> ncftp ftp.rednote.net
>
> Then:
>
> cd goodies/textapps
>
> And:
>
> get nano
>
> and press the tab followed by enter.
>
> Once you've downloaded it, issue:
>
> rpm -iv nano
>
> and press tab followed by enter.
>
>
> Jed Barton writes:
> > From: "Jed Barton" <jed at jedbarton.com>
> >
> >    Hey guys.
> >    Does pico come in linux?
> >    For some reason, i tried to access it, and it said it wasn't found.
> >    i typed in pico /etc/file name.  no go.  Any ideas?
> >
> >    Thanks,
> >    Jed
>
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>
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>
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