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Re: Navigating directories in Macintosh and octave


From: Henry F. Mollet
Subject: Re: Navigating directories in Macintosh and octave
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:31:24 -0700
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In pico first ^O (write out), **then return**, then ^X (exit).
Henry


on 7/25/05 3:09 PM, address@hidden at address@hidden
wrote:

> Nathan
> 
> Thank you for your suggestions.  It appears that my
> lack of expertise with Unix, in spite of having two
> books sitting at my desk, is causing me trouble.
> 
> I navigate to the home directory with the command $
> cd;
> I then enter $ sudo pico .bashrc
> This opens pico and I insert alias
> octave="/usr/local/bin/octave"
> 
> I then try to write it and get caught in an endless
> loop, i.e.
> ^O : changes the lines at bottom of screen
> File name to write : .bashrc
> 
> ^T] Changes the heading of the terminal to BROWSER
> Dir:/var/root and changes the lines at bottom of
> screen
> ? E R ­ D M
> S G W Spc
> 
> Press S (select) or hitting return brings changes the
> lines at bottom of screen
> A directory is selected, enter it?
> Pressing ³Y² changes the terminal to one with a
> heading of BROWSER   Dir: /var  below this are a list
> of 21 lower case directories including ³:².  The
> directory root is highlighted and selecting this
> changes the bottom of the screen to
> A directory is selected, enter it?  Pressing ³Y²
> returns to the BROWSER view.
> 
> Allan
> 
> 
> 
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