From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jun 23 4: 2: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89ADF37B407 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 04:00:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g5NB05c03994; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 04:00:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from Kain.sumuk.de (Kain.sumuk.de [213.221.86.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E932937B400 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 03:54:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kain.sumuk.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Kain.sumuk.de (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5NAsHpE071000 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:54:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from vincent@Kain.sumuk.de) Received: (from vincent@localhost) by Kain.sumuk.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5NAsHxU070999; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:54:17 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200206231054.g5NAsHxU070999@Kain.sumuk.de> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:54:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Heinen Reply-To: Martin Heinen To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/39695: [PATCH] FAQ added / Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 39695 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] FAQ added / >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 23 04:00:05 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Martin Heinen >Release: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD Kain.sumuk.de 4.6-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE #0: Sun May 12 20:01:38 CEST 2002 toor@Kain.sumuk.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KAIN i386 >Description: Added / to various keystrokes. >How-To-Repeat: read the FAQ. >Fix: Index: book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /u/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.450 diff -u -r1.450 book.sgml --- book.sgml 20 Jun 2002 08:18:53 -0000 1.450 +++ book.sgml 23 Jun 2002 10:44:37 -0000 @@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ For FreeBSD 3.3 and later, reboot the system and hit - Enter at the Booting kernel + Enter at the Booting kernel in 10 seconds; hit [Enter] to interrupt prompt. This will drop you into the boot loader. @@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ If using FreeBSD 3.2 or earlier, at the Boot: prompt, - enter 1:wd(2,a)kernel and press Enter. + enter 1:wd(2,a)kernel and press Enter. If the system starts, then run the command echo "1:wd(2,a)kernel" > /boot.config to make it the default boot string. @@ -3257,7 +3257,7 @@ blocksize you recorded earlier. Then, set the partition bootable and turn on bad block scanning. During the actual install, bad144 will run first, before any filesystems are - created (you can view this with an Alt-F2). If it has any + created (you can view this with an AltF2). If it has any trouble creating the badsector file, you have set too large a disk geometry - reboot the system and start all over again (including repartitioning and reformatting with DOS). @@ -5435,7 +5435,7 @@ When you are slicing up your disk, check that the disk geometry displayed in the FDISK screen is correct (ie. it matches the BIOS numbers); if it is wrong, use the - g key to fix it. You may have to do this if + g key to fix it. You may have to do this if there is absolutely nothing on the disk, or if the disk has been moved from another system. Note that this is only an issue with the disk that you are going to boot from; FreeBSD will sort @@ -6765,7 +6765,7 @@ - How do I keep Control-Alt-Delete from rebooting the + How do I keep ControlAltDelete from rebooting the system? @@ -7671,9 +7671,9 @@ - Try turning off the Num Lock key. + Try turning off the Num Lock key. - If your Num Lock key is on by default at boot-time, you + If your Num Lock key is on by default at boot-time, you may add the following line in the Keyboard section of the XF86Config file. @@ -7701,15 +7701,15 @@ At some point, you will probably wish to start another session, perhaps to look at documentation for a program you are running or to read your mail while waiting for an - FTP transfer to finish. Just do Alt-F2 (hold down the Alt - key and press the F2 key), and you will find a login prompt + FTP transfer to finish. Just do AltF2 (hold down the Alt + key and press the F2 key), and you will find a login prompt waiting for you on the second virtual console! When you want to go back to the original session, do - Alt-F1. + AltF1. The default FreeBSD installation has three virtual consoles - enabled (8 starting with 3.3-RELEASE), and Alt-F1, Alt-F2, and - Alt-F3 will switch between these virtual consoles. + enabled (8 starting with 3.3-RELEASE), and AltF1, AltF2, and + AltF3 will switch between these virtual consoles. To enable more of them, edit /etc/ttys (see &man.ttys.5;) @@ -8207,11 +8207,11 @@ 116 - Windows key, - to the right of the Alt-Gr key + to the right of the AltGr key - 117 - Menu key, to the left of the right-hand Ctrl key + 117 - Menu key, to the left of the right-hand Ctrl key @@ -8235,8 +8235,8 @@ to your ~/.xinitrc. - For example, you could map the 3 keys to be F13, F14, and - F15, respectively. This would make it easy to map them to + For example, you could map the 3 keys to be F13, F14, and + F15, respectively. This would make it easy to map them to useful functions within applications or your window manager, as demonstrated further down. @@ -8249,9 +8249,9 @@ If you use fvwm2, for example, you could map the keys - so that F13 iconifies (or de-iconifies) the window the cursor - is in, F14 brings the window the cursor is in to the front or, - if it is already at the front, pushes it to the back, and F15 + so that F13 iconifies (or de-iconifies) the window the cursor + is in, F14 brings the window the cursor is in to the front or, + if it is already at the front, pushes it to the back, and F15 pops up the main Workplace (application) menu even if the cursor is not on the desktop, which is useful if you do not have any part of the desktop visible (and the logo on the key @@ -10747,12 +10747,12 @@ - Why do I have to hit CTRL+P twice to send CTRL+P + Why do I have to hit CTRLP twice to send CTRLP once? - CTRL+P is the default force character, + CTRLP is the default force character, used to tell &man.tip.1; that the next character is literal data. You can set the force character to any other character with the @@ -10764,8 +10764,8 @@ single-char is any single character. If you leave out single-char, then the force character is the nul character, which you can - get by typing CTRL+2 or CTRL+SPACE. A pretty good value for - single-char is SHIFT+CTRL+6, which + get by typing CTRL2 or CTRLSPACE. A pretty good value for + single-char is SHIFTCTRL6, which I have seen only used on some terminal servers. You can have the force character be whatever you want by @@ -10782,21 +10782,21 @@ - You must have pressed CTRL+A, &man.tip.1; + You must have pressed CTRLA, &man.tip.1; raise character, specially - designed for people with broken caps-lock keys. Use + designed for people with broken Caps Lock keys. Use ~s as above and set the variable raisechar to something reasonable. In fact, you can set it to the same as the force character, if you never expect to use either of these features. Here is a sample .tiprc file perfect for Emacs users who - need to type CTRL+2 and CTRL+A a lot: + need to type CTRL2 and CTRLA a lot: force=^^ raisechar=^^ -The ^^ is SHIFT+CTRL+6. +The ^^ is SHIFTCTRL6. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message