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Date:      Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:11:16 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        "David Knapp" <dknapp@slonet.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Newbie question about switching screens
Message-ID:  <199808110611.SAA14623@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <01a8f23e$46d3d4e0$7ed972cf@thor>

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On 14 Jan 80, at 4:19, David Knapp wrote:

> I would like to be able to read the man pages and/or Handbook and be able
> to switch between the page I'm reading and the system prompt.  Is this
> possible, and if so - can you  please point me to a man page or faq or
> tell me what to do??

When I need to do this, I use ALT-F1/2/3 to use whichever virtual terminal 
I want to use.  I don't know where the limit is specified.  But it would 
be useful to increase it to 5 or 6.

--
Dan Langille
DVL Software Limited
http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures

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