On Saturday 02 December 2006 23:32, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 08:12:34AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On 02Dec2006 19:38, anne wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > | I panicked when I got an unexpected screen, thinking that I had > > | actually accessed something else altogether. Naturally, then, I didn't > > | think of info, since it would tell me about the 'other' - OK - it might > > | have answered question 1. As it turns out, it wouldn't have helped > > | much, as it simply returns [... a useless menu...] > > > > Info's usually annoying. Always start with "man units". > > or use "pinfo" instead of regular info, unless you are an emacs junkie. > Which brings me to a related problem. When getting a colour listing in a terminal I find the blue on black almost impossible to read. I'm sure there must be a way to lighten the blue, but my poking around so far hasn't found it. Any ideas? Anne
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