On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > > If rtfm(1) is really for newbies and other clueless people, perhaps it > > should be made interactive. I mean, this whole idea sounds like it's > > geared towards people who wouldn't know what sections 3, 4, or 9 are. > > It'll probably have a lot of changes in the actual interface > if people accept it as useful or not. I may have 'simple' > (default to don't search 3, 4, and 9) on as default.
This sounds like a good idea. Now, ideally, I'd love to see something that could take an english phrase and figure out where to go from there. Sort of like an Ask Jeeves (ask.com) for FreeBSD newbies. This is not to say that the more advanced options wouldn't be useful; I could personally find a use for something to search the handbook, FAQs and man pages at once. I think I'll volunteer a few of my newbie friends once this progresses a bit further. P.S. If you're looking for an easy to use regexp implementation, and aren't afraid of C++, check out Qt; if you're looking for more of a challenge, there's always the need for an rtsl(1) ;) - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
