Amy wrote:
If you are not using the scroll on your mouse because it is not working within Linux then your first learning port of call has to be " How to configure my mouse".Stephen Kühn wrote:
On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 15:48, Amy wrote:
Okay, I'm still getting a hang of what I'm doing here, but I seem to be doing well enough that I'm mostly asking my friend/"tech support" stupid questions which he says can be pretty much all answered by reading the man pages. However, I absolutely loath reading anything of any length in a console window. Is there a more "user friendly" (read as newbie friendly) way for one to be able to read the man pages?
Thanks in Advance!
Amy
I'm lazy - so generally I create a postscript file out of it - sometimes a PDF to peruse at my disposal;
man top | col -b > top.ps The I can ps2pdf the document and just muck around with it as I wish. (like ps2pdf top.ps) -- stephen kuhn - proprietor
I'm not familiar with postscript files at all, Anything special about them, or is it just basically a sort of text document or something?
As for the pdf file option, it's nice to know I can do that, but I suspect it won't work for me, since pdfs and I usually don't agree all that well. I'm sorely in need of an update on my computer's hardware, and I suspect that might help me when dealing with pdfs, but for now, I avoid them when I can.
At any rate, thanks for the help! ^_^
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There are heaps of docs out there, but basically look for something that suits your mouse without being too complicated for now - something that is only 3 button and scroll wheel - leave any other buttons alone until you learn further.
You may find that within your GUI control settings, as su, you may only need to have your mouse seen as something different though simular, to the present setup.
So go for a look through your MCC [ Mandrake Control Center ] to start with.
Regards
SnapafunFrank
My mouse works fine, it's just that man pages read through the console don't let one use a scroll wheel in a mouse, it makes one use keyboard commands.
Amazingly enough, it's a 26-592 Radio Shack mini light up optical scroll mouse that worked out of the package. It's a great mouse, and I would actually recommend it to anyone who doesn't like the size of standard mice or someone looking for something small sized for children's hands. It was a little weird at first, but once I got used to it, standard sized mice seem huge.
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