RE: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-02 Thread Kaminsky Moshe
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 ( for me, but you can change that). And zsh comes with completion already programed for almost anything I use (eg make targets after '

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday July 2 2003 10:11 am, Eric Huff wrote: > > > Cool. You're using bash, right? > > > >Yep, but I think the twice is probly a good idea. I've > > since tested on other apps besides 'cdrec' and it doesn't > > always work. So I guess I've learned somethin new ;) > > Funny, because

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-02 Thread Eric Huff
> > Cool. You're using bash, right? > >Yep, but I think the twice is probly a good idea. I've > since tested on other apps besides 'cdrec' and it doesn't > always work. So I guess I've learned somethin new ;) Funny, because twice doesn't work here! I gotta Esc ! What a strange featu

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday July 1 2003 11:19 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > Tab doesn't work when the app follows "man". Try 'man > > > cdrec' 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 twi

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-01 Thread Eric Huff
> 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

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-01 Thread Miark
That sounds like there's simply no manual for checkinstall, in which case the 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

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-01 Thread Eric Huff
> > [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 twice

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-01 Thread John Drouhard
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

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-07-01 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday June 30 2003 06:48 pm, Miark wrote: > Tab doesn't work when the app follows "man". Try 'man > cdrec' 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: > > O

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-06-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday June 29 2003 02:06 pm, Miark wrote: > By ESC !, Eric mean . :-) > > Miark > On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:39:19 -0400 > > "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit twice here, and it > > asks if I want to display all 102 possibilities :-0 O

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-06-30 Thread Ronald J. Hall
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 > t

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-06-30 Thread Miark
By ESC !, Eric mean . :-) Miark On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:39:19 -0400 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit 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 htt

Re: [newbie] neat trick: "man" completion

2003-06-28 Thread Ronald J. Hall
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