On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:17:27 -0500, David Moreno Garza wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 02:11 +0200, Michal Politowski wrote: > > The feature list at the end of the package description is formatted by apt > > frontends as a single paragraph with lines folded together. > > To have it displayed verbatim each line has to start with at least two > > spaces. > > What exactly do you mean? I think I cannot understand what you are > saying: > > damog @ cerdita ~ $ apt-cache show gxmms-xmms | grep '^\ ' > gXMMS is a simple GNOME panel applet that lets you control the basic > functions of the X MultiMedia System (XMMS). > o Scrollable track time progress bar > o Volume control with mouse scrollwheel > o Buttons: Previous track - Play / Pause - Stop - Next track - Eject > o Real-time tooltips with track title and time > o Show/Hide main window, playlist editor and graphical equalizer > damog @ cerdita ~ $ > > Actually that is exactly what I was trying to do. Or what do you mean?
apt-cache is a low level tool that shows the description raw, without any formatting. Try aptitude show gxmms-xmms. And read policy section 5.6.13 again. -- Michał Politowski Talking has been known to lead to communication if practiced carelessly.
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