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HOW TO USE THIS SYSTEM
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The following keys are recognised in most of the dialogs you'll
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encounter during this installation:
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KEY ACTION
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SPACE Select or toggle the current item.
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RETURN Continue or invoke selected menu button.
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UP ARROW Move to previous item (or up, in a text field).
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DOWN ARROW Move to next item (or down, in a text field).
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TAB Move to next item or group.
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RIGHT ARROW Move to next item or group (same as TAB).
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SHIFT-TAB Move to previous item or group.
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LEFT ARROW Move to previous item or group (same as SHIFT-TAB).
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PAGE UP In text boxes, scrolls up one page.
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PAGE DOWN In text boxes, scrolls down one page.
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If you see small "^(-)" or "v(+)" symbols at the edges of a menu, it
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means that there are more items above or below the current one that
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aren't being shown (due to insufficient screen space). Using the
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up/down arrow keys will cause the menu to scroll. The PageUp and
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PageDown keys will scroll by entire screens.
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In text fields, the amount of text above the current point will be
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displayed as a percentage in the lower right corner. A value of
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100% means that you're at the bottom of the available text.
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Selecting OK in a menu will confirm whatever action it's controlling.
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Selecting Cancel will cancel the operation and generally return you to
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the previous menu.
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SPECIAL FEATURES:
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It is also possible to select a menu item by typing the first
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character of its name, if unique. Such "accelerator" characters will
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be specially highlighted in the item name. Unfortunately, the
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accellerators aren't always unique (a shortcoming of the dialog menu
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library) so you'll only be able to get at the *first* unique menu
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entry for a given accellerator.
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The console driver also contains a scroll-back buffer for reviewing
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things that may have scrolled off the screen. To use scroll-back,
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press the "Scroll Lock" key on your keyboard and use the arrow or Page
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Up/Page Down keys to move through the saved text. To leave
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scroll-back mode, press the Scroll Lock key again. This feature is
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most useful for reading back through your boot messages (go ahead, try
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it now!) though it's also useful when dealing with sub-shells or other
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"wizard modes" that don't use menus and tend to scroll their output
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off the top of the screen.
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Once the system is fully installed and running multi-user you will
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also find that you have multiple "virtual consoles" and can use them
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to have several active sessions at once. Use ALT-F<n> to switch
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between them, where `F<n>' is the function key corresponding to the
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screen you wish to see. By default, the system comes with 3 virtual
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consoles enabled. You can create more by editing the /etc/ttys file
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(up to a maximum of 12).
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