On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 08:19:10PM +0100, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a wrote: > > You might want to take a look at 'ayuda' it is a (rather outdated) > script which runs a user through some menus in order to explain him stuff > of his system. > 'Ayuda' BTW is 'help' in Spanish. Debian package is available, and > some people at laespiral.org are working in a common framework (using a > database) which could allow for inclusion of new texts and keep them up to > date. > > Regards > > Javi
This is a very nice little package. That's what I call a friendly newbie help system! The only thing I didn't see explained is how to scroll the text (space bar, b, and arrow keys all work). Yes, I think it would be excellent to extend something like this, and make it extensible to other languages. The script is basically all hard coded now. Perhaps boot-floppies lang-chooser would be a framework to work from? I surfed laespiral.org, including the cvs server, but couldn't locate the project you speak of. (But I'm just sort-of familiar with Spanish, so it might have been staring me in the face). It seems to be similar to debconf; but I suppose debconf's database is not meant to include help text. The swish++ text-search database recently incorporated into dhelp might be a good fit. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
