Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Markus Stausberg writes: > on "bo" Debian/Linux I found it very convenient to put /usr/doc on the > apache www server (e.g. with a symlink in /var/www). With an NS > Navigator 4.0 I could then browse /usr/doc and read the documentation > regardless of format. Even *.txt.gz files could be read bec

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-02-04 Thread Markus Stausberg
Hi there, on "bo" Debian/Linux I found it very convenient to put /usr/doc on the apache www server (e.g. with a symlink in /var/www). With an NS Navigator 4.0 I could then browse /usr/doc and read the documentation regardless of format. Even *.txt.gz files could be read because seemingly the brow

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-02-04 Thread Paul McDermott
hello there, if these are in text format you could use zless or zmore. Paul On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Shao Zhang wrote: Hi, This might be an ideal solution for you.. 2.2. Script to view those compressed HOWTOs. Didier Juges, [EMAIL PROTECTED] From a newbie to another, here is a short

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-02-04 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, This might be an ideal solution for you.. 2.2. Script to view those compressed HOWTOs. Didier Juges, [EMAIL PROTECTED] From a newbie to another, here is a short script that eases looking for and viewing howto documents. My howto's are in /usr/doc/faq/howto/ and are gzippe

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-02-02 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Martin Waller wrote: > Use TkDesk (requires X...) and double click on them. They will be > automatically opened up and displayed in a window for you. > > > Martin > > > > >Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or > do > >I just have to go in

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-02-01 Thread Martin Waller
Use TkDesk (requires X...) and double click on them. They will be automatically opened up and displayed in a window for you. Martin > >Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do >I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? __

[Fwd: reading /usr/doc files]

1999-01-29 Thread krosigk
Try it with zless or use the direct to the standard output option of gunzip. Richard Lyon wrote: > You can use emacs and the auto-compression-mode. > > ie. >M-x auto-compression-mode > > > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > > I just have to go in

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-29 Thread Tom Allard
You can use the dwww package to read /usr/doc (and man and info) through your web browser. rgds-- TA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I don't speak for the Federal Reserve Board, it doesn't speak for me.

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-29 Thread Richard Lyon
You can use emacs and the auto-compression-mode. ie. M-x auto-compression-mode > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? >

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-29 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 02:46:10 + (BST), M.C. Vernon wrote: >> Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do I >> just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? >zless /usr/doc/foo/bar.gz zgrep, zless, the friends of g

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-29 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Richard Hall wrote: > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? zless /usr/doc/foo/bar.gz Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society S

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread servis
*- On 28 Jan, Richard Hall wrote about "reading /usr/doc files" > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? > Install the less package and then stick eval `/usr/bin/lesspipe` in your system /et

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread Henning Makholm
Richard Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? The packages that come with documentation in formats supported by browsing tools such as info or man install it in the proper place

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Richard Hall wrote: : Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do : I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? I like less. Just put this line in your .bash_profile (or /etc/profile) eval $(lesspipe) and less will have no trouble

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/28/99 3:28:57 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? > You can use zmore (or zless) to do the same thing in one step. But that's the b

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 16:21 (-0500), Richard Hall wrote: > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? I think both mc and lynx handle that task fairly well. -- your man pann

Re: reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread Kirk Hogenson
Richard Hall wrote: > > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, > or do I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? You can use "zmore": zmore whatever.gz There is also zless and zcat. Kirk

reading /usr/doc files

1999-01-28 Thread Richard Hall
Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee