[newbie] Info Info
Hello All, Anybody else been struggling working through the Info and Man pages, trying to figure out how to navigate them? I'm still not sure how to browse the Man pages with anything other than up and down, but last night I had the insight to try something new with the Info pages. info info This got me a tutorial/lesson on how to use Tab, Space Bar, Backspace, and Delete keys. I haven't gotten through the lesson yet and still don't know how to return to the exact place you were before you Tab-Carriage Return'd into a new thread (you can always Delete key and Space key back to where you were), but I finally feel like I'm making progress with the Linux command documentation. For What It's Worth The Other Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Info Info
The Other wrote: Hello All, Anybody else been struggling working through the Info and Man pages, trying to figure out how to navigate them? I'm still not sure how to browse the Man pages with anything other than up and down, but last night I had the insight to try something new with the Info pages. info info This got me a tutorial/lesson on how to use Tab, Space Bar, Backspace, and Delete keys. I haven't gotten through the lesson yet and still don't know how to return to the exact place you were before you Tab-Carriage Return'd into a new thread (you can always Delete key and Space key back to where you were), but I finally feel like I'm making progress with the Linux command documentation. For What It's Worth The Other If you are trying to navigate man pages from the command line, or in an Xterm, try man less. The man command uses less as the default pager on most Linux distributions. You can change it to something else by setting PAGER. man man will give you more information about the man command. There are also a couple of programs for reading man and info pages under X. (Not sure what comes with Mandrake - I normaly use command line tools for that.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Info Info
On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 12:05, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: The Other wrote: Hello All, Anybody else been struggling working through the Info and Man pages, trying to figure out how to navigate them? I'm still not sure how to browse the Man pages with anything other than up and down, but last night I had the insight to try something new with the Info pages. info info This got me a tutorial/lesson on how to use Tab, Space Bar, Backspace, and Delete keys. I haven't gotten through the lesson yet and still don't know how to return to the exact place you were before you Tab-Carriage Return'd into a new thread (you can always Delete key and Space key back to where you were), but I finally feel like I'm making progress with the Linux command documentation. For What It's Worth The Other If you are trying to navigate man pages from the command line, or in an Xterm, try man less. The man command uses less as the default pager on most Linux distributions. You can change it to something else by setting PAGER. man man will give you more information about the man command. There are also a couple of programs for reading man and info pages under X. (Not sure what comes with Mandrake - I normaly use command line tools for that.) Mikkel you can use Konqueror or Galeon to read man pages. The formatting is nice and you can use Ctrl+F in order to find specific info. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Socrates Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Info Info
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 10:05 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Anybody else been struggling working through the Info and Man pages, trying to figure out how to navigate them? I'm still not sure how to browse the Man pages with anything other than up and down, but last night I had the insight to try something new with the Info pages. If you are trying to navigate man pages from the command line, or in an Xterm, try man less. The man command uses less as the default pager on most Linux distributions. You can change it to something else by setting PAGER. man man will give you more information about the man command. There are also a couple of programs for reading man and info pages under X. (Not sure what comes with Mandrake - I normaly use command line tools for that.) Mikkel If you want to save the man pages for printing, for instance as or even as pdf files try this: man -t lilo lilo.ps which will make a nicely formated printable document, you may get a complaint sometimes, but its not a problem. To convert it to a pdf file just: ps2pdf lilo.ps (you have to have ps2pdf installed) Just thought I'd throw this out for consideration, something I learned on the list. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 7:31pm up 5 days, 53 min, 2 users, load average: 0.53, 1.89, 2.16 Be warned that typing \fBkillall \fIname\fP may not have the desired effect on non-Linux systems, especially when done by a privileged user. (From the killall manual page) Live - From Virgin Radio UK Oasis - All Around The World Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Info Info
On Wed, 26 May 2004 01:05 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: The Other wrote: Hello All, Anybody else been struggling working through the Info and Man pages, trying to figure out how to navigate them? I'm still not sure how to browse the Man pages with anything other than up and down, but last night I had the insight to try something new with the Info pages. info info This got me a tutorial/lesson on how to use Tab, Space Bar, Backspace, and Delete keys. I haven't gotten through the lesson yet and still don't know how to return to the exact place you were before you Tab-Carriage Return'd into a new thread (you can always Delete key and Space key back to where you were), but I finally feel like I'm making progress with the Linux command documentation. For What It's Worth The Other If you are trying to navigate man pages from the command line, or in an Xterm, try man less. The man command uses less as the default pager on most Linux distributions. You can change it to something else by setting PAGER. man man will give you more information about the man command. There are also a couple of programs for reading man and info pages under X. (Not sure what comes with Mandrake - I normaly use command line tools for that.) Mikkel In konqueror you can:- in the Location line, type man:whatever-your-looking-for say:- man:bash or rather than type man: just type #bash and it will bring up the page there. Charlie. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- Unfortunately virtue may command admiration but not always affection. anon ___ This email is guaranteed to be Wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Experience what others using Mandrake Linux have experienced at:- http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
