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Operating Systems Solaris How to unlock my editor? Post 40162 by RTM on Wednesday 10th of September 2003 10:27:53 AM
Old 09-10-2003
How are you entering the command? Vi has a -x option for encryption. Check that you don't have vi as an alias for vi -x (use the alias command.

From the vi man page:

-x Encryption option; when used, vi simulates the X com-
mand of ex and prompts the user for a key. This key is
used to encrypt and decrypt text using the algorithm
of the crypt command. The X command makes an educated
guess to determine whether text read in is encrypted
or not. The temporary buffer file is encrypted also,
using a transformed version of the key typed in for
the -x option. If an empty encryption key is entered
(that is, if the return key is pressed right after the
prompt), the file will not be encrypted. This is a
good way to decrypt a file erroneously encrypted with
a mistyped encryption key, such as a backspace or undo
key.

If the file is encrypted, then you will not see the file correctly if you just do a regular vi on it (the text will still be encrypted).
 

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pioneers-editor

pioneers-editor(6)						   Games Manual 						pioneers-editor(6)

NAME

       pioneers-editor - Editor for the Pioneers boardgame

SYNOPSIS

       pioneers-editor [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the pioneers-editor command.

       Pioneers  is  an  implementation of the popular, award-winning "Settlers of Catan" board game for the GNOME desktop environment.  It uses a
       client/server model for networked play of between two and eight players.  You will need to connect to a machine	running  either  pioneers-
       server-gtk or pioneers-server-console to play.  An AI client, pioneersai, is also available.

       Pioneers-editor	can  be used to create new board layouts.  Clicking on the plus and minus signs on the side of the board will increase and
       decrease the board size respectively.  Left clicking on a tile allows one to select the terrain type; Middle or right clicking  allows  one
       to  set	the  chit number or port type and orientation.	The chit number can also be set by pressing the number key(s) while the pointer is
       hovering over the tile.

       In the settings tab, several game settings can be adjusted.

PLAYING

       Games created with pioneers-editor can be played with pioneers-server-gtk and pioneers-server-console, if they are installed in the  global
       game directory.	Alternatively, they can be played with pioneers-server-console, by using the --file option.

OPTIONS

       Pioneers-editor accepts the standard GTK+/GNOME commandline options.  See pioneers-editor --help for details.

FILES

       /usr/share/games/pioneers/*.game
	      Global game files.  Games which are installed here can be selected by title, and played from pioneers-server-gtk.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was	written  by  Bas  Wijnen  <shevek@fmf.nl>.   Pioneers  was  written  by  Dave Cole <dave@dccs.com.au>, Andy Heroff
       <aheroff@mediaone.net>, and Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet; see  the  AUTHORS
       file in the pioneers distribution for a complete list of contributing authors.

SEE ALSO

       pioneers(6), pioneers-server-gtk(6), pioneers-server-console(6), pioneersai(6)

pioneers							  January 8, 2012						pioneers-editor(6)
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