On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Stuart Krivis wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 03:07:19PM +1000, Russ Pitman wrote:
> >
> > Try using mc . Just select the file and hit 'F3'.
> >
For navigating directories, viewing gzips as well as jpgs etc.
Try "lynx ." or lynx /usr/doc . In addition to lynx being a we
You can use zmore iirc.
Cheers,
Corey J. Popelier
http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas
On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Stuart Krivis wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 03:07:19PM +1000, Russ Pitman wrote:
> >
> > Try using mc . Just select the file and hit 'F3'.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 03:07:19PM +1000, Russ Pitman wrote:
>
> Try using mc . Just select the file and hit 'F3'.
>
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:25:25PM -0700, S. Champ wrote:
> > hi.
> >
> > i'm seeing a lot of README.*.gz in /usr/doc/*
> >
> > the question:
> >
> > what is the command to r
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:20:29PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
[Only HTML]
Cut it out, would you please...
Sven
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Windows does *not* have bugs. It just develops random features.
Try using mc . Just select the file and hit 'F3'.
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:25:25PM -0700, S. Champ wrote:
> hi.
>
> i'm seeing a lot of README.*.gz in /usr/doc/*
>
> i'm guessing it's been done that way for the sake of space-conservation.
>
> i'm admittedly frustrated at the fact that, from
At Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:29:28 +0900,
Kenshi Muto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > what is the command to read these README documents, without having to first
> > use
> > a command to un-gzip the same?
>
> Many pager software supports gzip-ed file.
> less, jless, lv, ...
> (But 'more' command doesn't
Daniel Burrows wrote:
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:25:25PM -0700, "S. Champ"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
> i'm admittedly frustrated at the fact that, from all i know about
it right now,
> i'll have to un-gzip any of these packages before i'm actualy able
to read
> them. there's more to
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:25:25PM -0700, "S. Champ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
> i'm admittedly frustrated at the fact that, from all i know about it right
> now,
> i'll have to un-gzip any of these packages before i'm actualy able to read
> them. there's more to this life than compu
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:25:25PM -0700, S. Champ wrote:
> what is the command to read these README documents, without having to first
> use
> a command to un-gzip the same?
You can use zmore, zless and also zgrep with gzipped files.
bye
Christian
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> Subject: gzipped readmes in /usr/doc/*
> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 21:25:25 -0700
> From: "S. Champ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
snip, snip
> what is the command to read these README documents, without having
On 02 Aug 2000, Kenshi Muto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Many pager software supports gzip-ed file.
> less, jless, lv, ...
> (But 'more' command doesn't support it)
Not to forget w3m :-) It's not only the best text-browser (with
table-rendering) but can also handle gnuzipped and bzip2ed files
pr
try zless or zmore...they are shell scripts which basically unzip the
file and pipe it into more/less for you
The will let you read the .gz readmes with no additional effort.
zless /usr/doc/xmms/FAQ.gz
> At Tue, 01 Aug 2000 21:25:25 -0700,
> S. Champ wrote:
> > what is the command to read the
i think this might be what you want:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch3.html#s3.1
> if memory serves, i came across something of a debian
> filesystem-hierarchy
> standard, somewhere at debian.org
-sean
keke abe wrote:
>
> S. Champ wrote:
>
> > what is the command to read these README documents, without having to
> > first use
> > a command to un-gzip the same?
>
> emacs is your friend. Open directory, choose a *.gz file and type
> 'Z'+'yes'.
>
> regards,
> abe
>
Better yet, put this in yo
S. Champ wrote:
> the question:
>
> what is the command to read these README documents, without having to first
> use
> a command to un-gzip the same?
I use Midnight Commander. Select the file in question and hit F3 to view
the file. Does the uncompression on the fly for you. There are numer
try zless or zmore...they are shell scripts which basically unzip the
file and pipe it into more/less for you
The will let you read the .gz readmes with no additional effort.
zless /usr/doc/xmms/FAQ.gz
> At Tue, 01 Aug 2000 21:25:25 -0700,
> S. Champ wrote:
> > what is the command to read these
[-devel snipped]
S. Champ writes:
> what is the command to read these README documents, without having
> to first use a command to un-gzip the same?
zless
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are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS. I'm very probably wrong. -- BSD fortu
S. Champ wrote:
> what is the command to read these README documents, without having to
> first use
> a command to un-gzip the same?
emacs is your friend. Open directory, choose a *.gz file and type
'Z'+'yes'.
regards,
abe
At Tue, 01 Aug 2000 21:25:25 -0700,
S. Champ wrote:
> what is the command to read these README documents, without having to first
> use
> a command to un-gzip the same?
Many pager software supports gzip-ed file.
less, jless, lv, ...
(But 'more' command doesn't support it)
If you want to view bzi
hi.
i'm seeing a lot of README.*.gz in /usr/doc/*
i'm guessing it's been done that way for the sake of space-conservation.
i'm admittedly frustrated at the fact that, from all i know about it right now,
i'll have to un-gzip any of these packages before i'm actualy able to read
them. there's mor
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