Re: [gentoo-dev] *-config tool renaming?

[William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>]

Not bad.  Last time I used apropos was some years ago on on a solaris
system - I dont think its well used these days.  But if it can be
highlighted in the docs enough, it will certainly help.

I would look at it as a separate issue to implementing hierarchal
naming.  Downside would be ensuring all utilities have this keyword and
spreading the word.

BillK

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 01:49, Karl Trygve Kalleberg wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:31:54AM +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> > The reason for using "g-" was so typing "g-<tab>" will get ALL gentoo
> > utilities.  Otherwise the advantage of being consistent and hierarchal
> > is largely lost (you do need a (hopefully) short "top of tree"
> > identifier for the hierarchy).  You will also need to allow for other
> > configuration tools such as g-cpan.pl which is a gentoo utility, but is
> > really  perl module installer similar to emerge.
> 
> Try this:
> emerge sync
> emerge gentoolkit
> makewhatis
> apropos gentoo
> 
> I'll see if we can't add the Gentoo keyword to all our other tools' 
> man page descriptions as well. 
> 
> Naturally, I think unifying the nomenclature is a good thing, but I'm
> not entirely certain I want long names for my tools. I find apropos
> to be a better solution for that.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Karl T
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William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>


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