* David E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-09 22:15]: > But what if you don't know the binary?
man -k keyword (e.g. man -k browser) > For instance, how does a newbie come > to the conclusion that "kopete" is (one choice for) an instant > messaging client? man -k instant > To put this in perspective, I was a new user of a Mac OSX system a few > weeks ago. Took me sometime to figure out that "Safari" was their web > browser. The fact that I could open a terminal and have a reasonably > similar (i.e., Unix environment) is certainly useful, but it didn't > provide any additional help; if I could have done "safari &" I would > have done so, but that's beside the point, as I still had to discover > the association that "safari" is "web browser". I would think that "man" would be installed with OSX? I truly believe that man should be one of the first programs a new user should get familiar with. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
