[9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[Jason Dreisbach]

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Hi all,

Set my plan9.ini vesa resolution incorrectly... I get dropped to a shell on
boot, but I don't know of any non GUI editors for plan 9.

Can anyone suggest an editor?

Thanks,
Jason

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Re: [9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[erik quanstrom]

On Mon May  2 22:25:55 EDT 2011, jtdreisb@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Set my plan9.ini vesa resolution incorrectly... I get dropped to a shell on
> boot, but I don't know of any non GUI editors for plan 9.
>
> Can anyone suggest an editor?

ed(1).

- erik

Re: [9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[dexen deVries]

On Tuesday 03 of May 2011 04:23:59 Jason Dreisbach wrote:
> Set my plan9.ini vesa resolution incorrectly... I get dropped to a shell on
> boot, but I don't know of any non GUI editors for plan 9.
>
> Can anyone suggest an editor?


been there once, used sed, did the job for me. about the only thing it lacks
when compared to usual interactive editors is edit-in-place. work around that
like:
cp php.ini php.ini.broken
sed '(stuff)' < php.ini.broken > php.ini

or use the standard text editor: ed ;-)

a more plan-9-ish way would be to export relevant namespace subtree and work
from a different machine, i guess... but i have no idea how to :D

--
dexen deVries

``One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.''

Re: [9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[erik quanstrom]

> a more plan-9-ish way would be to export relevant namespace subtree and work
> from a different machine, i guess... but i have no idea how to :D

clearly, the easy way to do this is learn ed.  if you know how
sed works, there are only two more commands that need learning: w and q.

however, in this case, there's a trick.  announce thy self as none,
and vga will not be started.

- erik

Re: [9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[Jason Dreisbach]

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I used sed and cat. Now up and running fine.

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Jason Dreisbach <jtdreisb@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Set my plan9.ini vesa resolution incorrectly... I get dropped to a shell on
> boot, but I don't know of any non GUI editors for plan 9.
>
> Can anyone suggest an editor?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>

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Re: [9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[ron minnich]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Jason Dreisbach <jtdreisb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I used sed and cat. Now up and running fine.


it's hard to overstate the value of ed, however.

ron

Re: [9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[Venkatesh Srinivas]

sam -d

-- vs

Re: [9fans] non GUI editor for plan9

[smiley]

Jason Dreisbach <jtdreisb@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> Set my plan9.ini vesa resolution incorrectly... I get dropped to a shell on
> boot, but I don't know of any non GUI editors for plan 9.

I use a plan9.ini with a menu.  I make sure to have one menu entry with
everything "=ask" so, if I screw something up, I can still get a
sensible boot by specfying each setting manually.

Jason Dreisbach <jtdreisb@gmail.com> writes:

> Can anyone suggest an editor?

Yeah, there's ed.  Booting the install CD is another option.

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