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Title: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: fannypad on September 20, 2007, 12:56:09 AM

Quick and easy question: how can I edit a mountlist text file in Workbench 3.0?

I only have the standard WB 3.0 disks, no other software.

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: 1NOM155 on September 20, 2007, 01:17:51 AM

hi, be more expecific

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: Piru on September 20, 2007, 01:19:55 AM

ed

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: kernal on September 20, 2007, 01:23:05 AM

Just go to the Command Line Interface, and CD to the directory the file is in, and type ED

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: Akiko on September 20, 2007, 01:24:10 AM

@fannypad

Interesting name  :roflmao:

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: weirdami on September 20, 2007, 02:35:23 AM

@kernal

Or, within WB, he could click icons until he finds one for ed. :-P

Just in case, I think it's not capitalized. Isn't Amiga case sensitive?

@all

Does WB 3.0 not have emacs? I don't remember if it came on the disks. I'm pretty sure 1.3 had it, even though I ever used it. :-)

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: fannypad on September 20, 2007, 03:11:59 AM

Cheers for the replies, ED did the trick  :-)

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: _yak_ on September 20, 2007, 03:44:27 AM

@weirdami

Quote

Isn't Amiga case sensitive?

No, it isn't.

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: weirdami on September 20, 2007, 03:58:48 AM

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No, it isn't.

No wonder it didn't get confused when I asked it how aGNuS was doing.  :lol:

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: CodePoet on September 20, 2007, 04:11:41 AM

weirdami and Akiko are on a roll tonight  :-D

Title: Re: How to edit text files in Workbench?
Post by: Reynolds on September 20, 2007, 05:59:29 AM

the Ed command is in the dir "C", where items generally has no icons ;-)

BTW simply typing this line have to work:

C:Ed Devs:DOSDrivers/-devicename-

or

C:Ed Devs:Mountlist

It depends from the availability of the needed device info, as some are available independently in the DOSDrivers folder, some are merged together into the Mountlist file...