On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 05:22:50PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Anyone know why my giyf searches and man page readings are failing to
What is giyf? > determine how to search the gnu/linux dictionaries for a phrase? A dictionary is a book of words, you should be searching a book of phrases. Also, a phrase is very vague. There are quotations which could come under the category of phrases. > I am not only phrase challenged, but simple search challenged it seems too :) Not at all, you've just got to look in the right place. > For example "coup d'etat" appears in the definition for "coup", as a > sub-definition. Sure, coup is a word, and "coup d'etat" is an example of its usage. You might be better off bringing up any concerns with the content of the dict package(s) with the upstream contributors. P.S. Just becareful regarding the differences between English and American English. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140430133019.GD27605@tal
