oxy wrote:
> Hi, i just installed debian/gnome and am discovering it.
> At first, few things sound strange:
>
> where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[
If you are looking for a way to access man(ual)pages graphically in Gnome, I
would suggest installing the package "dwww". You can sea
oxy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, i just installed debian/gnome and am discovering it.
> At first, few things sound strange:
> where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[
> The /usr/share/man is actually there ...
> an apropos? whatis?
> `xtem --help` says that `xterm -fs 14` should w
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 10:25:05PM +0100, oxy wrote:
> >
> > Without knowing your skill level, the respondent could only guess at how
> > much you know and how specific he needed to be, so he may have assumed
> > you were a newbie who wasn't actually asking what you meant to ask.
>
> Ok, the fact
> On a "normally" installed Etch version there should be a /usr/bin/man
> executable file. If not, then something was not installed properly.
>
ok, i'll have a look at possible reasons.
For the moment `aptitude install man` solved my problem.
Thanks very much ...
PS: no rancour from this thread,
oxy wrote:
Without knowing your skill level, the respondent could only guess at how
much you know and how specific he needed to be, so he may have assumed
you were a newbie who wasn't actually asking what you meant to ask.
Ok, the fact is that i do not have the command `man` in my system
(
oxy wrote:
Ok, the fact is that i do not have the command `man` in my system
(2.6.18.dfsg.1-17etch1).
`locate man | grep '/man'$`gives only the man dirs.
`locate apropos` and `locate whatis` give nothing.
I just found it strange, as well as the incapability to set xterm font size.
Im stil
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 10:25:05PM +0100, oxy wrote:
> >
> > Without knowing your skill level, the respondent could only guess at how
> > much you know and how specific he needed to be, so he may have assumed
> > you were a newbie who wasn't actually asking what you meant to ask.
>
> Ok, the fact
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On 02/04/08 15:10, Kent West wrote:
> oxy wrote:
where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[
The /usr/share/man is actually there ...
>>> "man" stand for manual. As in "the document that tells you how to
>>> use a piece o
>
> Without knowing your skill level, the respondent could only guess at how
> much you know and how specific he needed to be, so he may have assumed
> you were a newbie who wasn't actually asking what you meant to ask.
Ok, the fact is that i do not have the command `man` in my system
(2.6.18.dfsg
oxy wrote:
where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[
The /usr/share/man is actually there ...
"man" stand for manual. As in "the document that tells you how to
use a piece of software". You might be too young to have ever seen one.
But then, you might be a dog. I'd never kno
oxy wrote:
Hi, i just installed debian/gnome and am discovering it.
At first, few things sound strange:
where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[
The /usr/share/man is actually there ...
an apropos? whatis?
I believe these are installed as standard; if opening a terminal window
an
> > where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[
> > The /usr/share/man is actually there ...
>
> "man" stand for manual. As in "the document that tells you how to
> use a piece of software". You might be too young to have ever seen one.
>
> But then, you might be a dog. I'd never know.
>
Hi, i just installed debian/gnome and am discovering it.
At first, few things sound strange:
where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[
The /usr/share/man is actually there ...
an apropos? whatis?
`xtem --help` says that `xterm -fs 14` should work, but the font size
does not change!
Ju
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