questions about freesurfer

Dear users,

Thanks for reading!

I am a new user about freesurfer, after learning it a little while, I have got some problems:

1. I have used "recon-all" successfully to process the sMRI data, which generated the "lh.pial". And, I used "mris_convert lh.pial lh.pial.asc", get text mesh "lh.pial.asc". May I ask how can I view this with visible mesh associated with the vertices and triangle?

2. I have read the Manual v 0.8. It seems all of the interface has not supported in our new Freeserfer version...do you have some good suggestion about the materials for beginner to learn?

I really appreciate your help!Looking forward to your reply!

Kind regards,

Jing