Re: gzipped readmes in /usr/doc/*

[Brian Stults <bs7452@csc.albany.edu>]

keke abe wrote:
> 
> S. Champ wrote:
> 
> > what is the command to read these README documents, without having to
> > first use
> > a command to un-gzip the same?
> 
>  emacs is your friend. Open directory, choose a *.gz file and type
>  'Z'+'yes'.
> 
> regards,
> abe
> 

Better yet, put this in your .emacs file:

(auto-compression-mode nil)

Then when viewing the directory in emacs, highlight a gz file and hit
enter.

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Brian J. Stults
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