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[Matrix Mole <matrixm AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> You may already know this, but it might be useful for other
> readers:  if you have gpm (the console mouse driver) running,
> you can block-copy text from one console to the other using
> the mouse.  BL1 comes with gpm.  For BL2 or BL3, you can
> install a package from Slackware.

Seeing how most of my work is done in telnet windows, I just use windows 
ct and paste (in concert with PuTTY) for copieing information. But, once I 
have room to have my BL box operating standalone (so I can actually use 
the console itself), then I may look itno using that.

> > I just discovered today throough playing aroudn that vi isn't
> > installed by default in BL2,
>
> vi is user-unfriendly, particularly for newbies.

I agree wholeheartedly, the few times I was required to use vi (at least 5 
years ago), I was having all kinds of problems figureing out how to even 
get out of the program. I was more or less just making a 
statement/conversation about it :)

> pico (and nano) are nice user-friendly editors.
>
> > Steven: Did you have to compile that editor yourself to get it
> > to be small enough to include with BL2,
>
> Yes, I compiled it myself (from nano sourcecode) with reduced
> functionality to keep it small.  The editor in BL3 (e3) is
> even smaller (and it has a vi option).

What exactly is nano? I didn't have it for very long before I had 
installed the full fledged version of pine.tgz from SW71 (one of the first 
packages after the install-to-hd script had completed in fact). I guess 
I'll use my next break tonight to do a little research itno nano next, and 
see what all it has in it (who knows, I may find it has better features 
than pine, and prefer it).

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