On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:53:46AM +0100, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 05:22:16PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: > > [...] > > aptitude is by far one of the best package management tools out > > there. Newbies and folks really stuck in the graphic-oriented/desktop > > user world may like synaptic better, but for just getting things done > > -- aptitude wins hands down, almost all the time. > > I do agree! Just occasionally, I fire up synaptic to browse a category, > say stuff to do with sound, or mail for example. It is slightly easier > in synaptic to browse than it is in aptitude. And I wish you could > reverse direction in mid-search in aptitude. I often race past a > relevant match by being too quick on the "n". If only "b" for back or > "p" for previous or "N" or whatever switched the direction without > having to reenter the search using \ or page up enough times to probably > pass whatever it was you didn't quite see...
changeset: 604:42378273c12b user: Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> date: Sat Mar 10 16:46:30 2007 +0000 summary: [aptitude @ Add a keyboard command bound to 'N' that repeats the last search in the opposite direction (Closes: #414020, #397880)] Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]