Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/02/25/22:15:32
At 08:36 2/24/1998 -0800, Jason Dagit wrote:
>John M. Aldrich wrote:
>> Use the 's' key to search the FAQ for any term. For example, the search
>> term "error messages" hits chapter 6.10 on the third try. The term
>> "redirect" hits it on the first try. The term "stderr" hits it on the
>> first try. This is how I search the FAQ to look up answers to user
>> questions; it saves me the trouble of memorizing all the topic numbers.
>> :-)
>>
>
>Hmm....the 's' key? In what program? Netscape's search isn't done with
the 's'
>key, and besides, I don't see anyway to do a search through all the topics.
But
>obviously you're not talking about the HTML version stored on Delorie's
site. So
>what file/app are you talking about?
He's referring to the Info version of the FAQ. Info is a hypertext format
used by most GNU packages. Read FAQ section 5.1 (which hopefully you can do
without searching :) to find out how to get the Info reader. Within it, the
`s' key does indeed do a search.
Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net
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