SOFPJF@VM.UOGUELPH.CA (Peter Jaspers-Fayer) (09/20/90)
Re JOT: 1) I find the "Save file as" notifier of JOT gets in the way. Why not have "Save file" and "Save file as ..." as separate items on the main menu? The former would just write the file with no further further ado. (like ":w<cr>" command in ed/ex/vi) Just my personal view (sorry). 2) Why oh why can't I specify a full path to a file in that notifier? No matter what I say (eg ~/foo) I get "Save file failed, unable to write file" - with no further notification. Why is it unable? 3) `man jot` makes reference to "jotview". `whereis jotview` only shows a man page. So the question remains: Whereis jotview? 4) I know it's supposed to be a simple editor, but a simple addition to the "Search for:" notifier to allow global changes sure would be nice. Please Mr Jot-writer? /PJ SofPJF@VM.UoGuelph.Ca (Probably also reachable (until ?) at SOFPJF@UOGUELPH.BITNET) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who wanted to change this application to Pascal, anyway?
ronf@tesla.esd.sgi.com (Ron Fischer) (09/20/90)
1) Agree, the next rewrite of jot (which may not correspond to the next OS release) will have this. 2) This is a bug, thanks for reporting it. 3) jotview does appear to be missing. I've never heard of it before now. 4) Again, this will likely appear in the next rewrite of jot. ronf();
pstowne@zargon.lerc.nasa.gov (Charlie Towne) (09/20/90)
In article <9009191313.aa06840@VGR.BRL.MIL> SOFPJF@VM.UOGUELPH.CA (Peter Jaspers-Fayer) writes: > >2) Why oh why can't I specify a full path to a file in that notifier? > No matter what I say (eg ~/foo) I get "Save file failed, unable to > write file" - with no further notification. Why is it unable? > The problem, I think, is really that ~ (and $HOME) aren't interpreted as the name of your home directory. You *can* use a full path name, I do it fairly often. The "." and ".." notations do work. -- Charlie Towne Email: pstowne@zargon.lerc.nasa.gov MS 5-11 Phone: (216) 433-5851 NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH 44135
c60244@ccfiris.aedc (Kenny McDonald) (11/21/90)
I was told while taking the Network Administration class in Mt. View that jot was built on top of vi. I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is will jot ever support the vi functions to do things such as go to a specific line number, go to the end of the file, beginning of the file, etc. I am just curious. Kenny McDonald vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv | Kenneth M. McDonald * Arnold Engineering Development Center | | MS 100 * Arnold AFS, TN 37389-9998 * (615) 454-3413 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ OO AA OO O O A A O O O O AAAA O O O O A A O O OO A A OO _______________ / vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvRETURN ADDRESS:vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv | @aedc-vax.af.mil:c60244@ccfiris.aedc | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
kipp@warp.esd.sgi.com (Kipp Hickman) (11/27/90)
jot is not built on top of vi. Interesting myth :-) kipp