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Here’s a cool trick that converts man pages to postscript and opens the file in Preview. Add this to your .tcshrc file in your home directory:
alias preman ‘man -t \!^ > /tmp/\!^.ps; open /tmp/\!^.ps’
Then to open man pages in Preview type:
preman NAMEHERE

I discovered the incredibly useful unix program screen just recently. It allows multiple terminal sessions running at once and it provides easy access for switching between sessions. To run the command type:
screen
Once screen is running you can do Control-AC to create a new window and use Control-A followed by a number to switch to that […]

I found this in the ACM office here at the University of Illinois. Picture thanks to Nicholas Riley.

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