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From: Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@yahoo.co.uk>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: Bug#468386: zsh-beta: Slow command completion
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:46:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9243.1204559207@thecus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <080302172438.ZM12720@torch.brasslantern.com>

Bart wrote:
> On Mar 2,  6:02pm, Clint Adams wrote:
> }
> } > It might be better to test for existence of apropos than to try to
> } > parse the output of whatis --version.  Or it might not.
> 
> Since both have "apropos" as well, it seems testing --version is the
> best way to go.

I'd suspect that using man -k is the most portable.
I'm sure I've seen systems that lack apropos. -s to whatis on Solaris
is for specifying a section number. I had never heard of whatis -s. Note
that I haven't really followed the thread if this doesn't make sense.

Oliver


  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-03 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <87zltldnde.fsf@elegiac.orebokech.com>
2008-02-28 17:27 ` Clint Adams
2008-02-28 17:54   ` Bart Schaefer
2008-03-02 15:07     ` Romain Francoise
2008-03-02 18:32       ` Bart Schaefer
2008-03-02 19:29         ` Romain Francoise
2008-03-02 20:52           ` Bart Schaefer
2008-03-02 21:46             ` Clint Adams
2008-03-02 22:45               ` Bart Schaefer
2008-03-02 23:02                 ` Clint Adams
2008-03-03  1:24                   ` Bart Schaefer
2008-03-03 15:46                     ` Oliver Kiddle [this message]
2008-02-28 17:54   ` Peter Stephenson
2008-02-28 18:24     ` Clint Adams
2008-02-29  1:11       ` Bart Schaefer
2008-02-29  2:07         ` Clint Adams
2008-02-29 17:12           ` Bart Schaefer
2008-03-01 23:06             ` Clint Adams

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