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 ==== Change default editor ==== ==== Change default editor ====
  
-=== Change to a better pico ====+From the man page:
  
-If you want to use an editor with in-program help and simple interface like the default //pico//, but slightly more powerful than the default **bboard** editor, you may wish to instead set your editor to //nano//, which is the default editor integrated into the Alpine mail program. It's the same as //pico//, but has additional commands, like regex searching.+       bboard uses a single configuration file, called .bboardrc to honour  
 +       the EDITOR environment variable.  Currently 'tty', 'pico', and 'vi'  
 +       modes are available. 
 +         examples: 
 +         EDITOR=tty         #sets 'tty' mode for stdin 
 +         EDITOR=vi          #sets 'vi' mode 
 +         EDITOR=pico        #sets 'pico' mode  (DEFAULT)
  
-To do this, instead of setting up your //.bboardrc// as above, set it as follows (you can do this with ''nano ~/.bboardrc''!):+ 
 +To change to a different editor option, as above, set your //.bboardrc//  as follows (you can do this with ''vi ~/.bboardrc''!):
  
 <file config ~$USER/.bboardrc> <file config ~$USER/.bboardrc>
-  # set editor to nano: +  # set editor to vi: 
-  EDITOR=nano+  EDITOR=vi
 </file> </file>
  
-=== Changing the default editor to vi ===+=== How to set up a better bboard editing experience ===
  
 Many SDF users find the lack of word-wrap and spell-checking when posting in bboard(1) frustrating. If a Vi editor is acceptable, some rudimentary auto-wrapping and spell-checking can be accomplished in //bboard(1)// with the following configuration files in your HOME (~$USER/) directory: Many SDF users find the lack of word-wrap and spell-checking when posting in bboard(1) frustrating. If a Vi editor is acceptable, some rudimentary auto-wrapping and spell-checking can be accomplished in //bboard(1)// with the following configuration files in your HOME (~$USER/) directory:
  
-<file vim ~$USER/.exrc>+<file txt ~$USER/.exrc> 
 +  " " set normal color white: 
 +  color normal white 
 +  " " set miss-spelled words red: 
 +  color spell red
   " " set auto-wrap width:   " " set auto-wrap width:
   set textwidth=78   set textwidth=78
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   set spellautoload   set spellautoload
 </file> </file>
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 +Note that ''~/.elvisrc'' can also be used to configure ''bbvi''.
  
 <file config ~$USER/.bboardrc> <file config ~$USER/.bboardrc>
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 </file> </file>
  
-== Learning to use Vi-style Editors: ==+=== Learning to use Vi-style Editors ===
  
 If you've never used a Vi-style editor you may wish to run the //vilearn(1)// command within your SDF shell session to get some practice. The Vi editor is //*modal*// - entering a Vi command such as //'i'// puts the editor in 'input' mode; pressing the //Esc// key puts the editor it back in 'command' mode. Within Vi, typing ':viusage' should display a summary of most Vi commands. If you've never used a Vi-style editor you may wish to run the //vilearn(1)// command within your SDF shell session to get some practice. The Vi editor is //*modal*// - entering a Vi command such as //'i'// puts the editor in 'input' mode; pressing the //Esc// key puts the editor it back in 'command' mode. Within Vi, typing ':viusage' should display a summary of most Vi commands.
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 If you decide to practice with elvis(1), the //':help'// command should provide an info(1)-like documentation environment (use //':q'// to close it). Keep in mind that this :help documentation is not available within bboard(1) as elvis(1) is run in a restricted command mode. More extensive elvis(1) documentation is on the main SDF hosts at ///usr/pkg/share/doc/elvis/elvis.html// . If you decide to practice with elvis(1), the //':help'// command should provide an info(1)-like documentation environment (use //':q'// to close it). Keep in mind that this :help documentation is not available within bboard(1) as elvis(1) is run in a restricted command mode. More extensive elvis(1) documentation is on the main SDF hosts at ///usr/pkg/share/doc/elvis/elvis.html// .
  
-== Running Spell-check on a bboard(1) Post in vi ==+=== Running Spell-check on a bboard(1) Post in vi ===
  
 Words deemed misspelled by the elvis(1) editor should appear in a different color. To spell-check the entire post, first move to position 1,1 with //'1G'// (or use the arrow keys, or //'h,j,k,l'// keys to navigate) then use //'gs'// to move to the first misspelled word. If spelling suggestions are available they'll appear numbered at the bottom of editing screen; to select, use //'#gs'//, where "#" is suggested word number. If no spelling suggestions are available, look the word up elsewhere, use //'cw'+[corrected word]+ESC// to correct, then //'gs'// to move to next misspelled word. Words deemed misspelled by the elvis(1) editor should appear in a different color. To spell-check the entire post, first move to position 1,1 with //'1G'// (or use the arrow keys, or //'h,j,k,l'// keys to navigate) then use //'gs'// to move to the first misspelled word. If spelling suggestions are available they'll appear numbered at the bottom of editing screen; to select, use //'#gs'//, where "#" is suggested word number. If no spelling suggestions are available, look the word up elsewhere, use //'cw'+[corrected word]+ESC// to correct, then //'gs'// to move to next misspelled word.
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