Using Netscape
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If you are reading this document, you have probably figured out how to
use Netscape. It runs on the SGI workstations just like it runs on
any other computer.
Netscape Helper Applications
In the CAMLAB, Netscape is pre-configured to automatically start up
the correct helper applications for a variety of data formats,
including dvi and postscript data. However, if you
start up Netscape from the desktop ``Tool Chest'', the ``paths'' to
these helper applications may be set incorrectly, resulting in strange
error messages. If this happens, start Netscape from the Unix shell by
typing netscape &
This problem may get fixed in future
versions of the global start-up files.
Netscape Mail
You can use Netscape to read and write e-mails. See
- Advantages and Disadvantages
- Setting up Netscape Mail
Last modified: 1998/02/13
Marcel Oliver
(oliver@math.uci.edu)
The index for ``Using Unix in the CAMLAB'' can be found at
http://www.math.uci.edu/~moliver/unix/index.html.