From 2e6662a39d68206a857b20862ff402e45025b23f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:39:34 +0000 Subject: * boot-new: - Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439, #402492. - As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser. - Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser. - Mention documentation packages. --- debian/changelog | 10 +++++++++- en/boot-new/boot-new.xml | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 4fbe53dd8..03f7e37cb 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -95,7 +95,15 @@ installation-guide (2006xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Mention Intel IOP32x support. * Talk about ixp4xx rather than the more specific nslu2. - -- Frans Pop Sat, 9 Dec 2006 20:34:15 +0100 + [ Frans Pop ] + * boot-new: + - Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete + debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439, #402492. + - As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser. + - Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser. + - Mention documentation packages. + + -- Frans Pop Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:38:21 +0100 installation-guide (20060726) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml b/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml index 9b6a72533..402523655 100644 --- a/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml +++ b/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ for more information. Once your system boots, you'll be presented with the login prompt. Log in using the personal login and password you -selected during the installation process. Your system is now ready to use. +selected during the installation process. Your system is now ready for use. @@ -208,29 +208,42 @@ starting points. -Documentation accompanying programs you have installed is in -/usr/share/doc/, under a subdirectory named after -the program. For example, the APT User's Guide for using -apt to install other programs on your system, is -located in -/usr/share/doc/apt/guide.html/index.html. +Documentation accompanying programs you have installed can be found in +/usr/share/doc/, under a subdirectory named after the +program (or, more precise, the Debian package that contains the program). +However, more extensive documentation is often packaged separately in +special documentation packages that are mostly not installed by default. +For example, documentation about the package management tool +apt can be found in the packages +apt-doc or apt-howto. - In addition, there are some special folders within the /usr/share/doc/ hierarchy. Linux HOWTOs are -installed in .gz format, in +installed in .gz (compressed) format, in /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/. After installing -dhelp you will find a browse-able index of +dhelp, you will find a browse-able index of documentation in /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html. -One easy way to view these documents is to cd -/usr/share/doc/, and type lynx -followed by a space and a dot (the dot stands for the current -directory). +One easy way to view these documents using a text based browser is to +enter the following commands: + + +$ cd /usr/share/doc/ +$ w3c . + + +The dot after the w3c command tells it to show the +contents of the current directory. + + + +If you have a graphical desktop environment installed, you can also its +web browser. Start the web browser from the application menu and enter +/usr/share/doc/ in the address bar. @@ -241,17 +254,12 @@ most commands available at the command prompt. Typing help will display help on shell commands. And typing a command followed by --help will usually display a short summary of the command's usage. If a command's -results scroll past the top of the screen, type | -more after the command to cause the results to pause -before scrolling past the top of the screen. To see a list of all +results scroll past the top of the screen, type +| more after the command to cause the results +to pause before scrolling past the top of the screen. To see a list of all commands available which begin with a certain letter, type the letter and then two tabs. - - -For a more complete introduction to Debian and GNU/Linux, see -/usr/share/doc/debian-guide/html/noframes/index.html. - -- cgit v1.2.3