Hi All: I am trying to use nano more often than pico. Even after I mention that editor in the Lynx config, it still runs pico instead.
Well, if you truely want to run nano, not pico, you can rename your pico executable to something like "I_Really_Mean_Pico", and then link your nano executable to "pico". Something like the following (as root) cd /usr/bin mv pico I_Really_Mean_Pico ln -s `which nano` pico Lynx really should be smart enough to take your preferences. Make sure that when you go to change your options, you have the "Save these settings" box checked so that it will preserve them between Lynx sessions. You can check this by looking in your ~/.lynxrc file for a line that *should* read file_editor:/usr/bin/nano If it's not there, is commented out with a leading hash mark, or points to a different editor, you can add it, uncomment it, or change it to point at your preferred editor. Alternatively, you can export your EDITOR variable to point at the application you'd like. You can do this in your .bashrc or .profile file. Just edit it and the following two lines: EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano export EDITOR (if there's already an "export" line, you can just add "EDITOR" to the end of it). Most applications respect this setting, so changing this will have more wide-reaching effects...you may or may not want this sort of behavior.
Next, how can I run a global search-and-replace? The manual implies a function kee which I don't have such as f14?
The nano help I have here indicates that not only does F14 work, but so should control+underscore and "M-R". That's Emacs notation for "Meta+R", where "Meta" usually the "Alt" key (this information is at the top of that help file). All that to say that Alt+R should do the trick for you. The same for the others (F13 through F16): Alt+G for "Goto line #", Alt+A for "Mark text at last cursor position", and Alt+W for "repeat last search". Additionally, if your console/shell/terminal has problems passing Alt+whatever through to the application, you can press <escape>, release <escape>, and then press the key you were going to press with <alt>, such as <escape-down> <escape-up> <g>.
And lastly, is their a way like world-perfect where I can block text and move it to another file?
First, start Nano with multiple files, such as bash$ nano file1.txt file2.txt You can use control+carat (that's usually control+shift+6) to start the beginning of the block. Move to the other end of your block and press control+K to cut the block (you might want to press control+U immediately afterwards to put the text back in). Then use Alt+period or Alt+comma to move though the files you started up on the command line. You can also use escape followed by the comma or period, as like above. Once you get to the file you want, navigate to the location in that file that you want the text and press control+U. Nano will place the text at the cursor. Hope that gives you some stuff to work with. I personally just learned vi/vim and find it much easier to use...after spending a month learning it. (grins) -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list