On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 04:36:56PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > I can’t help noticing, though, that it would only duplicate > functionality that is already present in search engines of desktop help > systems (which are also able to search in manual pages, FWIW).
I can't help noticing, though, that GUI "desktop environments" seem to be reinventing the wheel over and over and over and over and over again. Note that whatis exists far, far longer than "functionality that is already present in search engines of desktop help systems". Note also that not everyone *wants* to use "desktop help systems", but sometimes needs to use individual GUI programs, or know what they do without starting them. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100310133718.gc10...@celtic.nixsys.be