Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:52:43 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, dkelly@hiwaay.net, zen@buddhist.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD: The Storage Wars Message-ID: <19990329195243.Y17547@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199903300137.UAA28595@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from Crist J. Clark on Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 08:37:42PM -0500 References: <xzpbthelitt.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <199903300137.UAA28595@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 08:37:42PM -0500, a little birdie told me
that Crist J. Clark remarked
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote,
> > David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> writes:
> > > I never could remember how to spell apropos but could always remember,
> > > "man -k".
> >
> > "apropos" has two characters too many, and the letters are further
> > apart on the keyboard than "man -k". No contest.
>
> But 'apropos' only actually has 5 different characters and 'a'-'s' and
> 'o'-'p' are neighboring pairs on the keyboard. 'man -k' has that
> really long reach for the '-.' There is a contest. ;P
>
> (But if you alias 'apropos' to 'apr,' then there really is no
> contest. Hehe.)
[19:52:15] mortis:~
(ttyp2):{432}% grep apropos .tcshrc
alias ? 'apropos'
Even easier ;>
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