On 9/07/2014 6:24 AM, Janelle wrote:
> I've never worked in Ubuntu before, but from what I understand, there is
> no text editor or Word or anything like that; everything is done through
> the command line and there is no "desktop."Â
>
> So, how would I open settings.py with Ubuntu?Â
You could try something like the Filezilla FTP client which will give
you a pseudo-desktop and let you view files using a familiar editor. You
would need login credentials of course.
The learning curves are not terribly steep but it seems you are facing a
number of them.
Ilya is correct but you might make faster progress if you set out the
problem(s) and ask for a local contractor to get in touch.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Lachlan Musicman <
dat...@gmail.com
> <mailto:
dat...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> If they aren't in settings, then the software would never have worked
> (if it needed a DB) :)
>
> You can just open settings.py with a text editor - notepad, wordpad,
> gedit, emacs/vim, even word if you want. It's just a text file.
>
> Cheers
> L.
>
> On 8 July 2014 14:05, Janelle O'Dea <
jnod...@gmail.com
> >> > Â Â Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > Â Â I have two separate Django questions.
> >> >
> >> > Â Â One: I am trying to learn how to use Django on my
> computer (Mac OS,
> >> > Â Â Mavericks) and was first getting the error "unable to
> open database"
> >> > Â Â when running "python manage.py syncdb." To fix it, I
> followed
> >> > Â Â instructions from here:
https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw
> >> > Â Â <
https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw>
> >> > Â Â Now, I can't save settings.py. I realize this may have
> to do with
> >> > Â Â the advice to change permissions on the page I just
> linked to; how
> >> > Â Â can I change them back?
> >> > Â Â When I run the "python manage.py syncdb" command now, it
> tells me
> >> > Â Â there's a syntax error in settings.py. When I try to fix
> settings.py
> >> > Â Â and save it, it tells me ERRNO 13 permission denied.
> >> > Â Â I'm mainly trying to get a feel for Django because I may
> want to use
> >> > Â Â it in the near future.
> >> >
> >> > Â Â Two: At my workplace, someone produced a Django app on
> Ubuntu. The
> >> > Â Â app is a source database for reporters to view and add
> to (I work at
> >> > Â Â a newspaper). The main question: can I get the source
> information
> >> > Â Â out of this database so that we can recover it and use
> it, even if
> >> > Â Â the original creator of this app/database is not
> available? He isn't
> >> > Â Â responding to phone calls or emails, and bosses want me
> to see if I
> >> > Â Â can extract the info. I've never worked in Ubuntu before.
> >> >
> >> > Â Â Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.
> >> > <mailto:
django-users...@googlegroups.com
> <mailto:
django-users%2Bunsu...@googlegroups.com>>.
> >> > <mailto:
django...@googlegroups.com
> <mailto:
django-users%2Bunsu...@googlegroups.com>.
> to see is there: It’s everything you want, and it’s very pleasing
> because there’s no extra information that you don’t get to see.
> Everything’s in a nice package for you. But sublime art is
> unframeable: It’s an image or idea that implies that there’s a
> bigger
> image or idea that you can’t see: You’re only getting to look at a
> fraction of it, and in that way it’s both beautiful and scary, because
> it’s reminding you that there’s more that you don’t have
> access to.
> It’s now sort of left the piece itself and it’s become your own
> invention, so it’s personal as well as being scary as well as being
> <mailto:
django-users%2Bunsu...@googlegroups.com>.
>
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