Hi Karl and other interested people
Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 07:44:01AM +0200, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote:
This Linux/Debian documentation suggestion, regards Linux and
applications commands.
It is proposed that the kernel and applications packets (.deb, .rpm)
includes (or has the possibilty to include) documentation about the
package commands. Maybe in many languages like Mac OS X. Mac OS X has
each language text in each data-fork.
...
Glenn:
I know about man-pages.
Good :-) What documentation did you mean then? At the moment packages
already have the possibility to include documentation - and most do..
(yes: for some the documentation is so bit to warrant a separate -doc
package)
Further down I elaborate an example of need.
...
Glenn:
Here are some examples of what would be nice:
pc:/# sud?
bash: sud?: command not found
pc:/# sud*
bash: sud*: command not found
pc:/#
Try command-line completion instead: type "sud" and then hit the TAB
key. Hitting it once will autocomplete as much as possible - if it
beeps, hit TAB again to get a list
That is a good feature I did not know of. That is extremely close to
what I need.
Glenn:
Instead of "command not found" it could have responded:
pc:/# sud*
More than one command found:
sudo
suddock
...
pc:/#
Then it could be nice with a response that resemple this:
pc:/# *
More than one command found:
/abc/openoffice.bin - Application command, class DTP (from package abc).
/abc/zgrepxyz.bin - Primarily for internal use (from package xxyz).
/somewhere/abc.pl - Perl script (not installed via package system -
possibly "home made").
/abc/mozilla.bin - Application command, class www-browser (installed
via tar.gz source files).
Another nice response:
pc:/# * | grep -E "Application" | grep -E "www"
More than one command found:
/abc/mozilla.bin - Application command, class www-browser (installed
via waz.tar.gz source files).
/bcd/mozilla.bin - Application command, class www-browser (installed
via package ddf).
/abc/safari.bin - Application command, class www-browser (installed
via package xyzz).
/abc/seamonkey.bin - Application command, class www-browser
(installed via package xyzzy).
Let me guess: Do you have a VMS background?
I do not know, but "suddock" was just an "invented" command to show
that more possible commands was present.
In linux/unix the *shell* expands wildcards before the command(s) get
invoked. Wouldn't it be more confusing to have different rules for
wildcards in command names?
I am not the most experienced Debian-user. I have made approx. 5
installation -
my latest is Etch. From an end-user standpoint it is the best Debian I have
used.
Hope this helps
Thanks,
Glenn
