On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 22:20 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 12:17:54PM +1000, Hank The Tank Winky Poo wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 21:19 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > abcde is displaying the matches in a pager. You have to exit the pager > > > before you can tell it what you want. How to exit it depends on what > > > your default pager is.. > > > > > > > Hello Joey. Thanks for your assistance. > > > > By pager do you mean the desktop switcher? I've just got the standard > > gnome desktop switcher off a debian stable. The same also occurs on my > > ubuntu desktop, which is also gnome. So do I just do > > CTRL-ALT-[left/right]? > > A pager is a program to display lists longer than the screen length, with > scrolling. The paradigmatic example is more. I personally use less. In > either case, striking "q" will exit the pager. > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! > Stupid mistakes you can correct! > >
Carl and Joey, Thank you very much for your assistance. I had tried all variations of modifier keys with q, x, z, etc. But not plain q. I also now know what a pager is. Thank you again, Hank. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
