From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 263 invoked by uid 1002); 19 Nov 2003 00:24:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 127 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2003 00:24:06 -0000 From: William Kenworthy Reply-To: billk@iinet.net.au To: Karl Trygve Kalleberg Cc: gentoo-dev List In-Reply-To: <20031118174952.GE29381@boblycat.org> References: <1068974673.361.2.camel@localhost> <1069111122.1807.15.camel@rattus.localdomain> <20031118011111.40f0441e.pYrania@gentoo.org> <200311180026.19577.Peter.Ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> <20031118011305.GA23900@unm.edu> <1069119114.6811.39.camel@cbbcsc204a.murdoch.edu.au> <20031118174952.GE29381@boblycat.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1069201442.11518.8.camel@rattus.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:24:02 +0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] *-config tool renaming? X-Archives-Salt: ee1033c2-edef-443b-b2d0-66b651c3f73f X-Archives-Hash: a12eec31934199e05123241adeea2b21 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-" 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 -- William Kenworthy -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list