Re: [SLE] Info vs. Man -- Konqueror to the Rescue!

From: Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas_at_tiscali.es)
Date: 02/16/05

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    The Tuesday 2005-02-15 at 17:11 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:

    > Furthermore, those who, like me, dislike the "info" program as a viewer
    > for info files may be pleased to know that Konqueror has a protocol
    > specifically for presenting info files. It presents info files in a
    > form far more accessible than the info command itself. You can think of
    > it as being an HTML conversion of a command's info files.

    For the command line, we can use "pinfo" instead ;-)

    Also, time ago, susehelp came with such a tool that worked with any
    browser. We just went to http://localhost, and the sample page had a link
    for man and info pages.

    > To see the complete list of Konqueror protocols configured for your
    > system, run "kinfocenter" and select the "protocols" category. Some of
    > the protocols include a documentation string that explains their use.
    > If there's a KDE Menu entry for this, I don't know what it is. If
    > someone out there does, please enlighten me.

    Interesting :-) 

    -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson
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