Out of a man page and back to bash prompt

Emil Payne EHSPayne at angelwoodpines.org
Wed Sep 16 12:50:17 UTC 2009



johnherron wrote:
> Derek Broughton <derek <at> pointerstop.ca> writes:
> 
>> Alvin wrote:
>>
>>> To add a Kubuntu tip: as an alternative, you can use konqueror to view man
>>> pages, using the man kioslave: 'man'
>>> Type for example 'man:adduser' in the address bar.
>>>
>> or the shortcut: #
>>
>> #adduser
> 
> 
> ---
> Thank you, Terence, Alvin and Perry for helping out with that pesky 'less'
> problem...
> 
> john
> 

I just tried that in Firefox.  It first said I needed to associate an 
application to the man: and then suggested gnome-help.  That works 
wonderfully.  Now it pops open a separate window with the entire 
man-page.  BTW - I tend to leave firefox open all the time so it's handy.

Emil





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