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   From: Allodoxaphobia    
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   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
   Date: 20 Feb 2007 00:33:55 GMT   
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   On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:26:01 +0100, Hadron wrote:   
   > BlackTopBum  writes:   
   >   
   >> Malcolm, was all like, you know, and said something like...   
   >>   
   >>> sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst   
   >>   
   >> The way you have it is read-only. To *write* to a file using nano   
   >> requires the '-w': example: sudo nano -w /boot/grub/menu.lst .   
   >   
   > Not on my system you don't.   
      
   In pico, nano, and several others of that ilk:    
     -w == "wide" (i.e. no-wrap)   
      
   It's understandable that with such crytic parms, -w could be confused    
   for "wrap", "write", "whiteout", etc.   
      
   I just LOVE the two 'competing" spell checkers:   
      
          spelck1             spelchk2   
          ------              -----   
    "a"   accept              add (to dict)   
    "i"   insert (in dict)    ignore   
      
      
   Standards Are Great!  And, there's so damn many to chose from!   
      
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