Re: [joe] word wrap for files without extension and back-apostrophe

[Koblinger E. <eg...@uh...>]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 03:03:02PM +0300, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:

> Fine then 50-50%.  I happen to fall into the unfortunate 50%.  I edit a lot of 
> config files that don't have any extension, and if I forget to edit joerc 
> first, wrapping will break those configs.
> 
> Example: /etc/sysconfig/*

I wonder why you need to edit a _lot_ of config files under
/etc/sysconfig... Why not just set up a system properly _once_? :-)

> I also use back-apostrophes in .sh files and if I copy/paste from another 
> window, it will also break my code.  And I don't even know what ` is for in 
> joe, I have never used it that.  I suppose it must be for some commands or 
> entering special characters.
> 
> Can't it be replaced with [Esc]-back-apostrophe?

It can by editing joerc, and in fact it was changed in joe-3.5. Upgrade and
` will insert a literal ` using the default config.

> Or should I switch to using $() instead of `` ? :-)

This is a different story, but IMHO yes, you should, $() is much cleaner,
much more readable, especially if you start nesting them... And by the way
if you consult the Unicode docs, you'll see that this is not a back
apostrophe, this is an accent grave :-)


> I'm surprised people use joe to edit notes and text files.  There are plenty 
> of good $GRAPHIC_EDITOR or $GRAPHIC_MAIL_CLIENT for that.

I often edit files on a remote server, too. I don't want to learn 2 text
editors, one textual and one graphical, just to have a nicer GUI with (most
likely) less functionality than joe provides.


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Egmont