[Xastir] Installing latest on hardy?

[Jeremy McDermond]

On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> 
>> So create an alias in BASH to run the script and then run Xastir?  I
>> haven't automated mine yet either, 'cuz I reboot so seldom.  Often
>> recently 'cuz I triggered a bug in my NVidia chipset with the USB1.1
>> SignaLink device, but now that's solved, it should be seldom again!
>> :-)
>> 
>>   vi .profile
>>   alias runxastir="path/scriptname; xastir &"
> 
> Hah!  I should have told how to get out of vi for you non-vi users.
> That's a difficult thing if you've not used vi much before.
> 
> Here's the full thing:
> 
>    vi .profile
>    (j/k keys move you up and down, h/l keys move you left/right)
>    i (to get into insert mode)

As one old skool vi user to another, I'd do a:

G
o

This will get you to the end of the file and open a new line below.  This way you're sure you're appending to the end of the file instead of potentially garbling up the beginning. 

Of course, you could also keep the editor out of the equation and do a:

echo 'alias runxastir="path/scriptname; xastir &"' >> ~/.profile

and call it good. :p

>    alias runxastir="path/scriptname; xastir &"
>    <Esc> (takes you out of insert mode back to command mode)
>    :wq (Write out and exit.  ":q!" exits without writing)
> 
> Of course use whatever editor works for you.  I'm so fast with vi I
> hate anything else, but I guess I'm old-school now (no, not the
> movie).

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Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
Xenotropic Systems
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