Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #802

1999-05-05 Thread mguenthe
On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 09:11:57AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It's not exactly what you are looking for nor perfect but man -k keyword or > man --apropos keyword already is similar to what your describing. > > doug > > As a user who's new to linux, I'd just like to add my $0.02: Th

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #802

1999-05-05 Thread John Hasler
Tom writes: > Wouldn't it be nice if I could tell the following to everyone to type > "command keyword" or "command string", and a list of applications related > to that keyword or string would be provided. # ptxdeb public domain 12/14/98 by John Hasler # ptxdeb uses the GNU permuted index progr

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #802

1999-05-04 Thread weim0404
It's not exactly what you are looking for nor perfect but man -k keyword or man --apropos keyword already is similar to what your describing. doug >> I will try to be explain. >> >> I am sitting in my imaginary system administrators office. One by one >> users come in and ask the same basic

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #802

1999-05-04 Thread Graham Ashton
On Tuesday 04 May, Tommy Malloy wrote: > Wouldn't it be nice if I could tell the following to everyone to type > "command keyword" or "command string", and a list of applications > related to that keyword or string would be provided. try this; % apropos foo where foo is your command or string.

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #802

1999-05-04 Thread Tommy Malloy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary L. Hennigan > I'm a little confused about what you're (Tommy) asking > here. I will try to be explain. I am sitting in my imaginary system administrators office. One by one users come in and ask the same basic question; "What application can I use to do foo". I should