Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Tuesday July 1 2003 11:19 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Tab doesn't work when the app follows man. Try 'man cdrecTab' and nuthin' will happen. Miark H it does here. Maybe because I'm runnin 9.2 Cool. You're using bash, right? Yep, but I think the Esc twice is probly a good idea. I've since tested Tab on other apps besides 'cdrec' and it doesn't always work. So I guess I've learned somethin new ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
Cool. You're using bash, right? Yep, but I think the Esc twice is probly a good idea. I've since tested Tab on other apps besides 'cdrec' and it doesn't always work. So I guess I've learned somethin new ;) Funny, because Esc twice doesn't work here! I gotta Esc ! What a strange feature... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Wednesday July 2 2003 10:11 am, Eric Huff wrote: Cool. You're using bash, right? Yep, but I think the Esc twice is probly a good idea. I've since tested Tab on other apps besides 'cdrec' and it doesn't always work. So I guess I've learned somethin new ;) Funny, because Esc twice doesn't work here! I gotta Esc ! What a strange feature... No you're right, I screwed up. Don't know why I wrote 'Esc twice', it's Esc! that works. Guess I've still got some learnin to do ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
Hi, At least in zsh, completion is programmable: there is a context sensitive completion that you can define for any command, and it is all done with the same key (tab for me, but you can change that). And zsh comes with completion already programed for almost anything I use (eg make targets after 'make', perl modules with 'perldoc' and with the -M switch, and, of course, man topics after 'man'). I don't know if bash has this as well Moshe -Original Message- From: Eric Huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 6:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] neat trick: man completion Haven't seen it before, but very useful: To use word completion with man, hit ESC !. IE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man pk here i hit ESC ! pk2bm pkg-config pkill pktogf pktopbm pktype and it gave all the solutions. This is straight out of the ML 9.0 Command line manual (p19). eric This message is processed by the PrivaWall Email Security Server. The information contained in this communication is proprietary to Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. and/or third parties, may contain confidential or privileged information, and is intended only for the use of the intended addressee thereof. If you are not the intended addressee, please be aware that any use, disclosure, distribution and/or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your computer. Thank you. This message is processed by the PrivaWall Email Security Server. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Monday June 30 2003 06:48 pm, Miark wrote: Tab doesn't work when the app follows man. Try 'man cdrecTab' and nuthin' will happen. Miark H it does here. Maybe because I'm runnin 9.2 On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:47:51 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once, twice w/wo the ! key, what'a y'all goin on about? the Tab key is used for auto completion, no? Well, OK, Esc twice works too, but why not just hit Tab once? -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:58:03 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haven't seen it before, but very useful: To use word completion with man, hit ESC !. IE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man pk here i hit ESC ! pk2bm pkg-config pkill pktogf pktopbm pktype and it gave all the solutions. This is straight out of the ML 9.0 Command line manual (p19). eric I tried man che and returned cheatmake, checkinstall, and checkXML. I tried man checkinstall and it said no manual entry for checkinstall. So this little trick isn't perfect! :/ Oh well, John Drouhard -- Tue Jul 1 16:47:59 CDT 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
[EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man pk here i hit ESC ! pk2bm pkg-config pkill pktogf pktopbm pktype and it gave all the solutions. This is straight out of the ML 9.0 Command line manual (p19). eric Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit esc twice here, and it asks if I want to display all 102 possibilities :-0 Hmmm... Don't know why you had to hit esc 2X. You should also be able to hold down alt instead of esc: alt ! (don't forget that ! is shift-1, not just 1). As for 102 possibilities, whew! Maybe you have a lot more pk's installed than i do? In which case you hafta know another letter of the thing you are looking up... If i do just p i get similar: [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man p here i hit ESC ! Display all 340 possibilities? (y or n) [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man p eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
That sounds like there's simply no manual for checkinstall, in which case the Esc! is acting normally. (I know some have only --help/-h switches instead of actual man pages.) Miark On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:49:28 -0500, John Drouhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried man che and returned cheatmake, checkinstall, and checkXML. I tried man checkinstall and it said no manual entry for checkinstall. So this little trick isn't perfect! :/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
I tried man che and returned cheatmake, checkinstall, and checkXML. I tried man checkinstall and it said no manual entry for checkinstall. So this little trick isn't perfect! :/ Oddly, none of the three che files had man pages! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
By ESC !, Eric mean Escape keyExclamation mark key. :-) Miark On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:39:19 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit esc twice here, and it asks if I want to display all 102 possibilities :-0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Saturday 28 June 2003 06:07 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Hmmm... Don't know why you had to hit esc 2X. You should also be able to hold down alt instead of esc: alt ! (don't forget that ! is shift-1, not just 1). As for 102 possibilities, whew! Maybe you have a lot more pk's installed than i do? In which case you hafta know another letter of the thing you are looking up... If i do just p i get similar: [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man p here i hit ESC ! Display all 340 possibilities? (y or n) [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man p eric Ah - ok - my bad, I got it now, thanks! :-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Sunday June 29 2003 02:06 pm, Miark wrote: By ESC !, Eric mean Escape keyExclamation mark key. :-) Miark On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:39:19 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit esc twice here, and it asks if I want to display all 102 possibilities :-0 Once, twice w/wo the ! key, what'a y'all goin on about? the Tab key is used for auto completion, no? Well, OK, Esc twice works too, but why not just hit Tab once? -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] neat trick: man completion
Haven't seen it before, but very useful: To use word completion with man, hit ESC !. IE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man pk here i hit ESC ! pk2bm pkg-config pkill pktogf pktopbm pktype and it gave all the solutions. This is straight out of the ML 9.0 Command line manual (p19). eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Saturday 28 June 2003 12:58 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Haven't seen it before, but very useful: To use word completion with man, hit ESC !. IE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man pk here i hit ESC ! pk2bm pkg-config pkill pktogf pktopbm pktype and it gave all the solutions. This is straight out of the ML 9.0 Command line manual (p19). eric Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit esc twice here, and it asks if I want to display all 102 possibilities :-0 -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
