#5161 LOW Future : set up a global alias for 'man' and 'info' directing people to more info

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#5161: set up a global alias for 'man' and 'info' directing people to more info
---------------------+------------------------------------------------------
  Reporter:  sj      |       Owner:  dgilmore      
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  low     |   Milestone:  Future Release
 Component:  distro  |     Version:                
Resolution:          |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0       |  
---------------------+------------------------------------------------------

Comment(by bernie):

 Replying to [comment:2 gnu]:
 > Ubuntu has a great hook in the bash "no such command" processor that
 looks up the command in the deb database and tells you what "apt-get
 install" command to run to get the command you tried to run.

 Yeah, I was very impressed... extremely useful for novices!

 > (We could switch from RPM's to debs, then this would work out of the
 box.  :-)

 I also thought that feature depended on the dpkg database, but it does
 not:

   http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/admin/command-not-found-data

 apt-cache is much faster than yum, but still not fast enough to suggest
 packages on the fly :-)

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5161#comment:3>
One Laptop Per Child <http://dev.laptop.org>
OLPC bug tracking system