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- This is the main help screen for the GNU Midnight Commander.
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- To learn more on how to use the interactive help facility
- just tap enterHow to use help. You may like to go directly to the
- help contentsContents.
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- The Midnight Commander is written by its authorsAUTHORS.
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- The Midnight Commander comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTYWarranty.
- This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute
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- [QueryBox]
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- In the query dialog box you can use the arrow keys or the
- first letter to select an item or click with the mouse on
- the button.
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- [How to use help]
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- You can use the cursor keys or mouse to navigate in the
- help viewer.
- Press down arrow to move to the next item or scroll down.
- Press up arrow to move to the previous item or scroll up.
- Press right arrow to follow the current link.
- Press left arrow to go back in the history of nodes that
- you have visited.
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- If you terminal doesn't support the cursor keys you can
- use the space bar to scroll forward and the 'b' key scroll
- back. Use the TAB key to move to the next item and press
- ENTER to follow the current link. The 'l' (last) key may
- be used to go back in the history of nodes that you have
- visited. Press ESC to exit the help viewer.
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- The left mouse button will follow the link or scroll. The
- right mouse button can be used to go back in the history
- of nodes.
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- The full key list of the help viewer:
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- ^AGeneral movement keys^BGeneral Movement Keys^C are accepted.
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- tab Move to the next item.
- M-tab Move to the previous item.
- down Move to the next item or scroll a line down.
- up Move to the previous item or scroll a line up.
- right, enter Follow the current link.
- left, l Go back in the history of visited nodes.
- F1 Show the help for the help viewer.
- n Go to the next node.
- p Go to the previous node.
- c Go to the Contents node.
- F10, esc Exit the help viewer.
- Local variables:
- fill-column: 58
- end:
-