[Cialug]ssh for cell phones

David Champion dchampion at visionary.com
Thu Nov 15 12:58:58 CST 2007


Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
> Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>> On Nov 15, 2007 10:25 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:
>>
>>> you forgot the best part (esp on a numpad)
>>>
>>> $ sudo vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
>>>
>>
>> I can one-up that one...
>>
>>     $ sudo emacs /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
>>
>> Sure, you can edit, but can you save and exit? :-D
>>
> 
> well played.
> 
> it probably would have an escape key (if only in a sub menu), but
> probably not an alt, and certainly not a meta
> 
> emacs: escape meta alt control shift
> 
> -barry

The ssh client I had on the Treo, you had to use menu options for ctrl
and alt. I used it to access a screen session (which requires lots of
ctrl'ing) and restart processes, but I don't think I ever used an editor
with it.

-dc




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