> > With the new apropos(1), most of the times you would find the result > you were searching for in the top, there will be some unrelated > results also in the mix, but you can just ignore them. :) > >> >> I just wonder how can I search for the cryptic keywords I used to be able to >> find. > > Could you give few examples of such keywords where you don't see the > expected result in the top, and it might help me to improve apropos :) > >> >> I agree stemming and full text search is a nice feature, but just a feature. >> >> Giving the user the option would be democratic. >> :-) >> >> I just got used to use man -k in the last 25 years, and it would be a >> unexpected change. > > It is understandable, you can use `apropos -l` if you preferred the > classic version :) >
Thank you, that was my original question, apropos -l aka “old” man -k (no pun intended) I didn’t know that til now. Would be nice to have this in “man” too, but I guess this counts as feature now Thilo > - > Abhinav