>Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 13:15:01 +0200 (SAST) >From: Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Helmut Metzdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Menu access to /usr/doc >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Helmut Metzdorf wrote: > considering myself still a novice to linux i spend lots of time > reading documentation. first i complained about most of it beeing > compressed text but soon i found a solution (zcat | xless). >I am not sure whether I understand your problem properly. Maybe using a >web browser like lynx or netscape can solve your problem. Both has the >ability to read compressed text files and of cause the .html-files as >well. E.g. when I call lynx, it starts up with /usr/doc as "home". >Johann Set up Emacs/Xemacs to read compressed files. Simple to do, and it opens them like any other regular text file
