On Monday 16 August 2004 12:38 am, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Amy wrote: > > Snapafun wrote: > >> Amy wrote: > >>> Stephen K�hn wrote: > >>>> On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 15:48, Amy wrote: > >>>>> Okay, I'm still getting a hang of what I'm doing here, but I seem > >>>>> to be doing well enough that I'm mostly asking my friend/"tech > >>>>> support" stupid questions which he says can be pretty much all > >>>>> answered by reading the man pages. However, I absolutely loath > >>>>> reading anything of any length in a console window. Is there a > >>>>> more "user friendly" (read as newbie friendly) way for one to be > >>>>> able to read the man pages? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks in Advance! > >>>>> > >>>>> Amy > >>>> > >>>> I'm lazy - so generally I create a postscript file out of it - > >>>> sometimes > >>>> a PDF to peruse at my disposal; > >>>> > >>>> man top | col -b > top.ps > >>>> The I can ps2pdf the document and just muck around with it as I wish. > >>>> (like ps2pdf top.ps) > >>>> -- > >>>> stephen kuhn - proprietor > >>> > >>> I'm not familiar with postscript files at all, Anything special > >>> about them, or is it just basically a sort of text document or > >>> something? > >>> > >>> As for the pdf file option, it's nice to know I can do that, but I > >>> suspect it won't work for me, since pdfs and I usually don't agree > >>> all that well. I'm sorely in need of an update on my computer's > >>> hardware, and I suspect that might help me when dealing with pdfs, > >>> but for now, I avoid them when I can. > >>> > >>> At any rate, thanks for the help! ^_^ > >>> > >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>- > >>> > >>> > >>> ____________________________________________________ > >>> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to > >>> http://www.mandrakestore.com > >>> Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > >>> ____________________________________________________ > >> > >> If you are not using the scroll on your mouse because it is not > >> working within Linux then your first learning port of call has to be > >> " How to configure my mouse". > >> > >> There are heaps of docs out there, but basically look for something > >> that suits your mouse without being too complicated for now - > >> something that is only 3 button and scroll wheel - leave any other > >> buttons alone until you learn further. > >> > >> You may find that within your GUI control settings, as su, you may > >> only need to have your mouse seen as something different though > >> simular, to the present setup. > >> > >> So go for a look through your MCC [ Mandrake Control Center ] to > >> start with. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> SnapafunFrank > > > > My mouse works fine, it's just that man pages read through the console > > don't let one use a scroll wheel in a mouse, it makes one use keyboard > > commands. > > > > Amazingly enough, it's a 26-592 Radio Shack mini light up optical > > scroll mouse that worked out of the package. It's a great mouse, and I > > would actually recommend it to anyone who doesn't like the size of > > standard mice or someone looking for something small sized for > > children's hands. It was a little weird at first, but once I got used > > to it, standard sized mice seem huge. > > Sorry.... You really are confusing some of us here, what with your PDF > woes as well. > > The only reason I got familiar with the command line stuff was because > of the 'scrolling' with the mouse through all that techo geek stuff that > gets printed ( printf ) out when you do things like compile from source > or having to 'scroll man pages'. As I have never used it I am not sure > if such a feature exists but may I suggest that you check out your > "Preferences" you may have set system wide for your mouse? > > To not scroll through knowledge is to not stroll through knowledge, I > reckon. Hope you sort it soon for your own pleasure at least. Possibly imwheel will do the trick
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