Any reference on /etc/network/*

[NoOp]

On 08/12/2008 12:42 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:23 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> An easy way to view the man pages is to simply us F1 (System|Help...) -
>>>> or from the terminal: yelp
>>>>
>>>> When help comes up: Advanced Topics|Terminal Commands...|Configuration
>>>> Files|Interfaces etc.
>>>
>>> Thats the easy way ?
>>>
>>> If you're running Gnome, hit Alt-F2 to bring up the run box, then type
>>> man:interfaces
>>> Don't forget the colon.
>>> It'll get you to exactly the same place NoOp is sending you, without
>>> using the rat-tailed clicking thingy....
>>
>> Odd -  typing 'man:interfaces' into the 'Run' box gives me this:
>> The requested URI "man:///interfaces" is invalid
>>
>> Off to google.... :)
> 
> Google tells me that this works:
> 
> yelp man:ls
> 
> and I agree ;)
> 
> Chris
> 

Well, actually:
$ yelp man:interfaces
in this case. But then on my system yelp 'yelps':

** (yelp:10388): WARNING **:No listener with the specified listener id 1
etc. when yelp is closed from the GUI.

With reference to the "rat-tailed clicking thingy":

Applications|Accessories|Terminal
3 clicks + 19 characters to be typed

F1|Advanced Topics|Terminal Commands...|Configuration Files|Interfaces
1 button, 4 clicks

But then if you want to easily see & print all the other bits in
/etc/network/* you can use:
F1|Advanced Topics|Terminal Commands...|System Administration
and find ifup, ifdown, ifconfig, etc. So (IMO) in many cases this is
certainly easier for someone just starting w/linux/ubuntu. Obviously you
can do 'man <command> for all of the above, but sometimes just having
all the commands (most anyway) to scroll through and look at & select is
quite useful.