Re: README files

2005-12-20 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday, 20 December 2005 at 5:56:50 -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:22:39PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > > Ed Paris wrote: > > > Hi There, > > > > > >I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and > > >nano and all I get is gibberish. How should I a

Re: README files

2005-12-20 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:22:39PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > Ed Paris wrote: > > Hi There, > > > >I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and > >nano and all I get is gibberish. How should I access this file in > >English? Thanks. > > > >Take care, > > > >Ed > > zle

Re: README files

2005-12-19 Thread Tom Allison
Ed Paris wrote: Hi There, I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and nano and all I get is gibberish. How should I access this file in English? Thanks. Take care, Ed zless -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: README files

2005-12-19 Thread Daniel Webb
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:18:32PM -0700, Ed Paris wrote: > I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and nano > and all I get is gibberish. How should I access this file in English? > Thanks. If you use an editor much, it's in your best interest to learn Vim. I still ki

Re: README files

2005-12-19 Thread Steve Block
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:43:16AM -0500, Derrick Hudson wrote: On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:18:32PM -0700, Ed Paris wrote: | | Hi There, | | I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and nano | and all I get is gibberish. How should I access this file in English? | Tha

Re: README files

2005-12-19 Thread Derrick Hudson
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:18:32PM -0700, Ed Paris wrote: | | Hi There, | | I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and nano | and all I get is gibberish. How should I access this file in English? | Thanks. That file is a plain text file, but it is compressed using th

Re: README files

2005-12-18 Thread Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragao
Ed Paris wrote on Dec, 18: [...] > I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and nano > and all I get is gibberish. How should I access this file in English? [...] Why don't you try vim ? It comes out-of-the-box with a plugin that decompresses gzipped files on the fly.

Re: README files

2005-12-18 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 12/18/05, Ed Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi There, > > I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. > I have tried to use vi and nano and all I get is gibberish. > How should I access this file in English? Thanks. Kent West told you to use zless or zcat. It works for me when I use vim. Yo

Re: README files

2005-12-18 Thread Kent West
Ed Paris wrote: Hi There, I want to read the README.Debian.gz file. I have tried to use vi and nano and all I get is gibberish. How should I access this file in English? Thanks. Take care, Ed "zless README.Debian.gz" should do it. Or "zcat README.Debian.gz | more". -- To UNSUBSCRI

README files

2005-12-18 Thread Ed Paris
 Hi There, I want to read the README.Debian.gz file.  I have tried to use vi and nano and all I get is gibberish.  How should I access this file in English?  Thanks. Take care, Ed

README files for XF86Setup in slink

1999-01-20 Thread Sergey V Kovalyov
Hey guys, where are those /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.* files required for XF86Setup in slink ? Are they in a separate package ? Which ? I can't find them. Or is this just a bug ? Anyone's aware and working on it ? Sergey.