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From: Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com>
To: "corey@bitworthy.net" <corey@bitworthy.net>,
	Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:04:05 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] first timer - editing plan9.ini
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The few minutes spent learning ed(1) will be well repaid. You'll be
one of the smartest guys on your block.

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On Jul 19, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Corey <corey@bitworthy.net> wrote:

>
> Ok, so I have my fossil+venti and hopefully soon-to-be cpu and auth-
> server
> booted up for the first time, and I'm in rio as user glenda.
>
> I'm continuing to follow the docs, which is prompting me to edit
> plan9.ini for
> various things.
>
> sam is completely opaque to the uninitiated. (I'm a mere vi fanatic)
>
> Before I go into sitting down and learning sam, it would be nice to
> simply be
> able get the machine running in a minimally satisfactory way, i.e.:
> network
> online, display running at reasonable depth, venti finished, and
> auth-serv
> working.
>
> Can someone give me just the bare minimal sam command/info that I
> need to:
>
> edit a couple lines
> close and save properly
>
>
> ... better yet: is there a simple/minimal editor that doesn't require
> learning a command language to begin using it first?
>
> I began by beginning to read through sam_tut.pdf, and I look forward
> to
> gaining proficiency with it... but not at this moment - I just want
> to get my
> new plan9 box running so I can access it remotely.
>
> As it is, I'm guessing I'm just going to hose my plan9.ini if I try
> editing it
> before I'm well familiar with sam...
>
>
> THanks!
>
>
>
>