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The joe text editor is available for downlaod here. This is a version of joe (stands for Joe's Own Editor, originally written by a guy named Joe) is compiled to run on Tivo.
Installation instructions:
- Download the file
- Decompress the file. If using Windows, be sure to follow the instructions in the winzip section to prevent any possible CR/LF conversion problems.
- ftp the two files to the /var/hack directory on your Tivo. Joe must be installed in this directory!
- If this directory doesn't exist, use telnet create the directory. See the tivoweb page for specific instruction on how to create this directory. If you are new to Linux command line commands, see the command section
- Change the file permissions so that it is executable using chmod via telnet: chmod 755 *
- Run the program from telnet by typing /var/hack/joe
- To open a certain text file using joe, type /var/hack/joe /directory/filename
- If you receive an error message that states the file joerc can't be found in a certain directory (/var/hack for example), use ftp or a command through telnet and copy the joerc file into the directory listed.
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joe and other usefull utilities can be found here: http://tivo.samba.org/download/belboz/
The link has been updated by Vitamin-A