Re: [expert] Man page reader
On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 07:20:05PM +1000, Tony McGee wrote:
>
> Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows partition, would
> anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in this format?
>
> If there's nothing to read the files with then I'll have to accept that,
> it's just for the convenience of not having to dual boot into Linux every
> time I'm offline and I need to glimpse at a man page.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
If you run NT Emacs, check out Woman ("WithOut MAN")
mode. http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/.
There may also be a port of man for the cygwin tools; I would check the
cygwin web pages for that. http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
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Re: [expert] Man page reader
-Original Message- From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader >I have Explore2fs. Installed and works great under NT4. You can see all >the files BUT, when I go to the /local/man/man1 etc. it just shows you the >man1,2,3,4, folders but no files or anything you can read. Am I in the >wrong directory? From withing Linux, I can read the man pages. > >Under /usr/ there is nothing. > >Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >- Original Message - >From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 1:28 PM >Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader > > >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Tony McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 4:37 AM >> Subject: [expert] Man page reader >> >> >> > >> >Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows >> partition, would >> >anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in >> this format? >> > >> >If there's nothing to read the files with then I'll have to >> accept that, >> >it's just for the convenience of not having to dual boot into >> Linux every >> >time I'm offline and I need to glimpse at a man page. >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Tony >> > >> > >> > >> >> GO here >> >> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm >> >> And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff. You do not >> have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able to >> read it from WIN. I do think that it is singularly dangerous >> to write anything from win to linux, even with this tool, but >> reading should be (comparatively) safe. >> >> Civileme >> >> >> > > ACK!!! that is /usr/man/man1/man.1.bz2 And it might be the most recent version of winzip. Civileme
Re: [expert] Man page reader
-Original Message- From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader >I have Explore2fs. Installed and works great under NT4. You can see all >the files BUT, when I go to the /local/man/man1 etc. it just shows you the >man1,2,3,4, folders but no files or anything you can read. Am I in the >wrong directory? From withing Linux, I can read the man pages. > >Under /usr/ there is nothing. > >Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >- Original Message - >From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 1:28 PM >Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader > > >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Tony McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 4:37 AM >> Subject: [expert] Man page reader >> >> >> > >> >Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows >> partition, would >> >anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in >> this format? >> > >> >If there's nothing to read the files with then I'll have to >> accept that, >> >it's just for the convenience of not having to dual boot into >> Linux every >> >time I'm offline and I need to glimpse at a man page. >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Tony >> > >> > >> > >> >> GO here >> >> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm >> >> And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff. You do not >> have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able to >> read it from WIN. I do think that it is singularly dangerous >> to write anything from win to linux, even with this tool, but >> reading should be (comparatively) safe. >> >> Civileme >> >> >> > > /usr/man/man.1.bz2 has most of what you want I _think_ freezip will unfold that one for you and then WordPad. I am using windows right now out of necessity for the first time in almost two years. Civileme
Re: [expert] Man page reader
Submitted 09-Jul-00 by Jeff Malka:
> I have Explore2fs. Installed and works great under NT4. You can see all
> the files BUT, when I go to the /local/man/man1 etc. it just shows you the
> man1,2,3,4, folders but no files or anything you can read. Am I in the
> wrong directory? From withing Linux, I can read the man pages.
>
> Under /usr/ there is nothing.
"ls -d /usr/{,local/,X11R6/}man/man[1-6n]" will give you a listing of
all mandirs on your system. The /usr/local/man tree will be empty
directories on a stock install, becuase distros don't tend to put much
(if anything) in /usr/local.
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Re: [expert] Man page reader
I have Explore2fs. Installed and works great under NT4. You can see all the files BUT, when I go to the /local/man/man1 etc. it just shows you the man1,2,3,4, folders but no files or anything you can read. Am I in the wrong directory? From withing Linux, I can read the man pages. Under /usr/ there is nothing. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Original Message - From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader > > -Original Message- > From: Tony McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 4:37 AM > Subject: [expert] Man page reader > > > > > >Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows > partition, would > >anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in > this format? > > > >If there's nothing to read the files with then I'll have to > accept that, > >it's just for the convenience of not having to dual boot into > Linux every > >time I'm offline and I need to glimpse at a man page. > > > >Thanks, > >Tony > > > > > > > > GO here > > http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm > > And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff. You do not > have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able to > read it from WIN. I do think that it is singularly dangerous > to write anything from win to linux, even with this tool, but > reading should be (comparatively) safe. > > Civileme > > >
Re: [expert] Man page reader
Tony McGee wrote: > > Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows partition, would > anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in this format? Well, you could go to http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/ , it is a UNIX emulation program, and man comes as standard. May you live long and spamless, Andreas Bergstrøm -- HTTP://www.thespambuster.net/ Fight Spam! Join EuroCAUCE! == http://www.euro.cauce.org/ Using Linux? Register at: http://counter.li.org/ DCLXVI - Roman numeral of the Beast
Re: [expert] Man page reader
-Original Message- From: Tony McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 4:37 AM Subject: [expert] Man page reader > >Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows partition, would >anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in this format? > >If there's nothing to read the files with then I'll have to accept that, >it's just for the convenience of not having to dual boot into Linux every >time I'm offline and I need to glimpse at a man page. > >Thanks, >Tony > > > GO here http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff. You do not have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able to read it from WIN. I do think that it is singularly dangerous to write anything from win to linux, even with this tool, but reading should be (comparatively) safe. Civileme
[expert] Man page reader
Given that I've copied my /usr/man directory to a windows partition, would anyone know of a tool for Windows 98 to read man pages in this format? If there's nothing to read the files with then I'll have to accept that, it's just for the convenience of not having to dual boot into Linux every time I'm offline and I need to glimpse at a man page. Thanks, Tony
