Re: [hobbit] Future of Hobbit

["Josh Luthman" <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

I love VIM myself, though I have to admit sometimes it's easier to use
notepad.

If you're familiar with MS Edit then you should have no problems with nano
or pico.  I've been noticing these two are being phased out, but you should
still be able to get one or the other.

On 1/30/08, Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com> wrote:
>
>
> Our windows users have shown a fondness for nedit.  It's apparently more
> like notepad (I've never actually used it) and it's completely gui based...I
> prefer vim but then I've been a unix admin for about 15 years.
>
> =G=
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shea, Graeme A [mailto:Shea.Graeme.A (at) edumail.vic.gov.au]
> Sent: Wed 1/30/2008 6:16 PM
> To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Future of Hobbit
>
> Thanks for the reply,
> I did check out the image but (from memory) the HD was very small and
> there was no GUI and not much else. Being a newbie and coming from
> windows a GUI and GUI based text editor was important. I realize for an
> experienced Linux sysadmin they are superfluous but pretty much
> essential for me.
>
> Yes sharing the folder and using a windows machine to edit the files is
> ugly and fraught with danger in not getting the LF/CR bit right. Any GUI
> text editor I have tried meets the criteria of "easy to use". Sorry VI
> whilst very powerful doesn't (IMHO).
>
> Regards
> Graeme
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik (at) hswn.dk]
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 10:17 PM
> To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Future of Hobbit
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 11:18:37AM +1100, Shea, Graeme A wrote:
> > A Windows port of Hobbit Server would be fantastic for us. [...]
> > The next best thing to a windows port would be a MS and/or VMWare
> > virtual server image with everything needed, loaded and going
> including
> > a GUI and a easy to use GUI text editor.
>
> There is a VMware image on the Hobbit sourceforge page. I suppose it
> could easily be enhanced so the Hobbit configuration file directory was
> exported as a Windows fileshare, then you can edit the config files with
> notepad.exe <yuk...>
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
>
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