2.3.3.4. Graphical help
Don't despair if you prefer a graphical user interface.
Konqueror, the default
KDE file manager, provides
painless and colourful access to the man and Info pages. You may want to try "info:info" in the Location address bar,
and you will get a browsable Info page about the info command. Similarly, "man:ls" will present you with the man page for the
ls command. You even get command name
completion: you will see the man pages for all the commands
starting with "ls" in a scroll-down
menu. Entering "info:/dir" in the
address location toolbar displays all the Info pages, arranged in
utility categories. Excellent
content, including the Konqueror Handbook. Start up from the menu
or by typing the command konqueror in a
terminal window, followed by Enter; see the
screenshot below.
The Gnome Help Browser is very
user friendly as well. You can start it selecting -> from the Gnome menu, by clicking the lifeguard icon on
your desktop or by entering the command gnome-help in a terminal window. The system
documentation and man pages are easily browsable with a plain
interface.
The nautilus file manager provides a
searchable index of the man and Info pages, they are easily browsable and
interlinked. Nautilus is started
from the command line, or clicking your home directory icon, or
from the Gnome menu.
The big advantage of GUIs for system documentation is that all
information is completely interlinked, so you can click through in
the "SEE ALSO" sections and wherever
links to other man pages appear, and thus browse and acquire
knowledge without interruption for hours at the time.
