Re: [9fans] first timer - editing plan9.ini

["Federico G. Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com>]

cp plan9.ini plan9.ini.old

acme didn't see /n/9fat/plan9.ini because the 9fat partition wasn't
mounted in its namespace.


On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Corey<corey@bitworthy.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 19 July 2009 16:02:20 John Floren wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Corey<corey@bitworthy.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>> > Can someone give me just the bare minimal sam command/info that I need
>> > to:
>> >
>> > edit a couple lines
>> > close and save properly
>> >
>> You can use acme if you want.
>>
>
> That was my first effort (though it suffered similar issue: must acclimate to
> acme before you can configure your new installation) - however, when I
> tried to traverse /n/9fat/plan9.ini, acme complained that there was no
> such file; so, being completely new to plan 9, my progress at that point
> came to a complete standstill.
>
>
>> Otherwise:
>>
>> % 9fat:
>> % sam /n/9fat/plan9.ini
>> right click and select the filename, then midclick in the white area
>> of the sam window. This should bring up the file.
>> Make your changes, then click in the light blue part of the sam
>> window. Type 'w' and hit enter, then type 'q' and hit enter. This
>> should write and quit.
>>
>
> Thanks - I'll try this.
>
>
> Another quick question:
>
> Just to be safe, I would like to copy the org plan9.ini before I try to modify
> it; so if I hose it, I can move it back; how would I do this?
>
>
> Cheers
>
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Federico G. Benavento