On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:57:09 +0100
Jonathan Anderson <jonathan.robert.ander...@gmail.com> wrote:
> They do, and it's actually very useful in two cases:
> 1. new users — "my friend told me to try out latex, but when I type 'latex'
> nothing happens! oh wait, that's how I make it work"
> 2. confusingly-named packages. on FreeBSD:
>
> [nick ~]$ latex
> zsh: command not found: latex
> [nick ~]$ pkg search latex | awk '{print $1}'
> latex-chapterfolder-2.0.20051124
[long list elided]
> Compare to bash on Ubuntu:
>
> [jra40@kent ~]$ latex
> The program 'latex' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
> sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base
Nobody has argued that making the ports collection easier to search
would be a bad idea. I get:
bhuda% portsearch -f 'bin/latex$'
Port: latex2e-2003.12_1
Info: TeX macro package
Path: /usr/ports/print/latex
Files: bin/latex
Port: teTeX-base-3.0_20
Info: Thomas Esser's distribution of TeX & friends (binaries)
Path: /usr/ports/print/teTeX-base
Files: bin/latex
2 ports, 2 files
bhuda%
Hmm. Seems like we have two different versions of latex in the ports
- and probably packages - tree.
In fact, if you want this functionality in the base, providing the
search functionality as an external tool is a crucial step. I'd be
surprised if anybody object to that being added to base.
> The command line shouldn't have to be a scary place for new users.
Nor should it be an annoying place for old users. New users are
important. But old users are the ones who make contributions.
<mike
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