On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:58:37AM +0800, csj wrote: > On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:02:41 +1100, > Russell wrote: > > > > Pigeon wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:19:20 +1100, bob parker > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Docs are very much a personal-preference item, but I must say > > > I find the info pages awkward. Jumping about between nodes in > > > a hypertext tree is much more awkward than scrolling up and > > > down a man page. > > But you can make info behave like man! Press the space bar and > the info pagaes will happily scroll down for you. Press the > backspace key for the reverse. Ctrl-S to forward search and > Ctrl-R for a reverse search.
Hey, that's cool! You can 'n all. I never knew that. > > > Same applies to the HOWTOs, though otherwise I quite like > > > them. > > > > > > Dead trees, unfortunately, have it, at least until it's easy to get > > > monitors with four times the screen area of my current 17 inch, a > > > control device something like a mouse with pages, and a transparent > > > way of scribbling notes into the file. > > > > Maybe you should try two or more monitors and run > > xinerama. Mine treats the two monitors as one single desktop > > and its great (fvwm2). It can be done very cheap with all the > > second-hand monitors and $10 graphic cards at pc swapmeets. > > Now, dual monitors might be great for that total gaming > experience or for previewing some 3-D wire frames you're working > on. But for reading documentation? Let's see, you're a speed > reader who can scan two screen fulls of data at a time ;-). I think it's quite a good idea - code on one screen and man pages on the other, *both of them big enough to read*. Next best thing to having dead-tree docs by the side of the keyboard. Much easier than switchig vcs all the time. Two xterms on one monitor? too small. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
