On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> 
> Use "mc" (Midnight Commander) to get around. It's a file viewer/manager
> that's a knockoff of Norton commander. It lets you view files (F3) even if
> they're compressed (filename.gz). Since a lot of the FAQS and HOWTOS are
> compressed, it comes in very handy. Most of those docs are in /usr/docs. 

Thanks for the tip!

> Linux has a feature called Virtual Terminal that lets you login multiple
> times by pressing Alt-F2/F3/F4...  The default login is on Alt-F1, but
> that's not obvious since that's where it lands you when it boots. So I
> sometimes view documentation on the first terminal, then use Alt-F2 to view
> the associated configuration file or test the associated command, then
> Alt-F1 to get back to the documentation.

is this in X, or at the prompt?


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