Out of a man page and back to bash prompt

[Thomas Olsen]

On Wednesday 16 September 2009 15:41:26 Derek Broughton wrote:
> Emil Payne wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Nobody told you you could do it in Firefox, did they? :-)
> 
> I'm a bit surprised it worked, but it's worth knowing.
> 

Here on FF 3.5 it says: "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, 
because the protocol (man) isn't associated with any program." But it works 
beautifully in Konqueror and the ALT-F2 KRunner.

-- 
Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen

  Thomas Olsen

Til uvedkommende, der læser med: Der er ingen grund til at læse min mail.
Jeg har intet at gøre med FARC, al-Jihad, al-Qaida, Hamas, Hizb al-Mujahidin 
eller ETA.
Jeg har aldrig gjort Zakat, går ikke ind for Istishad, har ikke lavet en 
bilbombe eller kernevåben og jeg ved dårligt nok, hvad Al Manar og бомба 
betyder. 
Men tak for den udviste interesse