Besides 'vi' in unRAID, is there an alternative builtin into the system that can be used?

'vi' is cumbersome and I remember some Linux distros have 'pico' or 'nano', but unRAID doesn't have them. 'vim" is great too, any knowledge of other text editors? thanks.

I do all my text edition with midnight commander.

It's the easyest way : navigate through the files, select the right one and hit F4.

 

I remember some Linux distros have 'pico' or 'nano', but unRAID doesn't have them.

 

You can get nano from here:

ftp://slackware.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/nano-2.2.3-i486-1.txz

 

Then in your 'go' script add this line:

installpkg /path_to_the_package/nano*.txz

 

Thanks Ill give a try.

Thanks 'purko' for the steps on installing nano. I've never tried 'mc' though I've heard of it, and it is better than nano, kind of like a two plane file browser with multiple functions. Thank you both 'purko" and 'jupilerman'.

 

I do all my text edition with midnight commander.

It's the easyest way : navigate through the files, select the right one and hit F4.

 

bumping this thread because it helped me install nano...

 

using this post here

Hi, I've compiled a little list of package installers for my personal use, and decide to share them here.

 

1) USB Automount for labeled drives: automount usb drives with labels under /mnt/disk/LABEL, included is NTFS-3G v. 2010.3.6;

http://gfjardim.googlecode.com/files/usb_automount-0.1-i486-unRAID.txz

 

2) Nano Editor v. 2.2.4;

http://gfjardim.googlecode.com/files/nano-2.2.4-i486-unRAID.txz

 

3) TAR v. 1.23;

http://gfjardim.googlecode.com/files/tar-1.23-i486-unRAID.txz

 

I was able to wget nano, I then put it in my go script.

 

mc is nice, but for a quick edit or to make a file nano is the way to go.

 

I couldn't figure out VI  and for a noob like me it was way over my head at a noob level/

 

-=Jason=-

What is this 'go' script everyone is talking about?

Nano does not show the line number, so how do I know what line I am on?

 

At the bottom of nano shows "CTL /" to select go to line. But it doesn't work when I enter in line 448.

 

 

Edited January 28, 20233 yr by Vetteman

On 1/29/2023 at 6:38 AM, Vetteman said:

Nano does not show the line number, so how do I know what line I am on?

 

At the bottom of nano shows "CTL /" to select go to line. But it doesn't work when I enter in line 448.

 

 

ctrl c can show line number