Re: mutt alternates command

2005-01-04 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
Hello. Mike M: > 2. What's the proper way to read /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz? Other than installing apt-listchanges? :o) >I used: ># cd /usr/share/doc/mutt/ ># gunzip NEWS.Debian.gz ># vi NEWS.Debian > >It worked but it seems there should be some sort of tool. I'd

Re: mutt alternates command

2004-12-28 Thread Randy Orrison
Mike M wrote: 2. What's the proper way to read /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz? I used: # cd /usr/share/doc/mutt/ # gunzip NEWS.Debian.gz # vi NEWS.Debian It worked but it seems there should be some sort of tool. Others have pointed out zless (or even just "less" by itself, check

Re: mutt alternates command

2004-12-26 Thread Mike M
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 12:53:05AM +, Simon Huggins wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 08:39:24AM +0800, Robert Vangel wrote: > > Mike M wrote: > > >2. What's the proper way to read /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz? > > > I used: > > > # cd /usr/share/doc/mutt/ > > > # gunzip NEWS.Debian.

Re: mutt alternates command

2004-12-26 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 the mental interface of Robert Vangel told: > Mike M wrote: > > >2. What's the proper way to read /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz? > > > > I used: > > # cd /usr/share/doc/mutt/ > > # gunzip NEWS.Debian.gz > > # vi NEWS.Debian > > > > It worked but it seems there s

Re: mutt alternates command

2004-12-26 Thread Simon Huggins
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 08:39:24AM +0800, Robert Vangel wrote: > Mike M wrote: > >2. What's the proper way to read /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz? > > I used: > > # cd /usr/share/doc/mutt/ > > # gunzip NEWS.Debian.gz > > # vi NEWS.Debian > > > > It worked but it seems there should be

Re: mutt alternates command

2004-12-26 Thread Robert Vangel
Mike M wrote: 2. What's the proper way to read /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz? I used: # cd /usr/share/doc/mutt/ # gunzip NEWS.Debian.gz # vi NEWS.Debian It worked but it seems there should be some sort of tool. Whenever I have things like that, I use gzip -dc |less Would be good