Grub Config
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook
jtwdyp at ttlc.net
Sat Jun 5 17:20:35 UTC 2004
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It would appear that on Jun 4, Avery did say:
> All of these setting can be found in the file /boot/grub/grub.conf
> Messing around with a front for grub in my opinion is a waste of time. Get familiar with the VIM text editor.
> Try doing this at the command prompt
> #vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
> type the letter "i" to edit the file
> type in :wq to write the changes to the file and quit
Oh please...
<rant>
I happen to *LOVE* vim, But if your going to suggest it to *new* users
who are not even comfortable with editing the configuration file your
suggesting they learn vim with. ACK! shudder Not a great idea.
I'd recommend perhaps that they instead start with:
# cp /boot/grub/grub.conf ~/grub.conf.test
# vim ~/grub.conf.test
Or better still let them practice this unfamiliar tool with the relative
safety of a non-root user account where they should be able to:
$ cat /boot/grub/grub.conf > ~/grub.conf.test
$ vim ~/grub.conf.test
Also do tell them about some of the things they can put in a ~/.vimrc to
make vim more friendly to new users. Like at least the showmode toggle
that will put an on screen clue as to when you are in insert mode.
:set smd
:set nosmd
And certainly tell them about the most user friendly feature vim has over
the original vi, the :help command which should open the help system at a
description of how to use it.
:help
vim is a great, and powerful editor that is well worth mastering...
But dropping a new user into it cold on what they think of as a critical
system configuration file, could lead to a bad experience that would
keep them from ever giving vim another chance.
</rant>
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