Hallo, Stefan Tiedje hat gesagt: // Stefan Tiedje wrote:
I created one, but Textedit wont open it because its invisible. I guess I should use a different editor (I prefer a noncommandline). What is recommended for that purpose?
Well, I don't know what is good on OS-X, but if I may still recommend a terminal editor, then "vi" as was mentioned is available on *every* decent Unix-like system. It's a bit tricky to use, though, to say the least.
But I can give detailed instructions provided vi on OS-X behaves as it does everywhere else.
Open a Terminal
type: vi ~/.pdrc
you'll see a lot of "~" signs, don't worry: vi is in the normal mode now where every key is a command. A ~ represents a non-existing line, which you have plenty of as ~/.pdrc is still empty.
now type: i
now vi is in in "i"nsert mode and you can edit the text as usual.
to save, first press "Escape" to get back to normal mode
type: :w to save
type: :q to quit.
A nicer, graphical vi with menus and all is Vim from www.vim.org All my mails are written with Vim.
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__