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The info system is started from emacs with the info button orC-h i. In emacs one can select Manuals - Browse Manuals with info from the Help-menu. Hitting h starts a short tutorial for first-time users. Navigating with the mouse works so that a highlighted link is followed by clicking the middle mouse button. Most system utilities are documented in the info-system.
The man command gives access to the traditional Unix manual pages.
To read the man pages with emacs type M-x. In the input window after "M-x" type man<RET>. When the text "Manual entry:" appears type the command of interest, e.g. ls.
To read the man pages from a shell:
$ man ls |
Many programs contain facilities for on-line help, some, e.g., gnuplot use a command-line oriented interactive help system. Others, e.g., some GNOME applications use a GUI oriented help system activated by choosing Help.
One good place to look at is The Linux Documentation Project Homepage. Note that you only can use the link after you have configured the proxy setting in mozilla, see Chapter 9.