Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:21:50 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Better error messages for command not found (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <20120705132150.19f456b1@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <2336980A-5AAB-4D45-8177-71609A7B31F7@gmail.com> References: <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <CAC8HS2Hx%2BqV1zYSzyM6wYzbyA6BStd3HEwc-VDhv40DHM=qCvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5ikPz_yDhEQutiXVG354qRHYJTn-M_S4Cx-=YRgFP7eQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <20120704225519.GB19945@DataIX.net> <4FF4CAD1.8080804@FreeBSD.org> <20120704234104.GA392@DataIX.net> <8E9DECBB-3D1E-4129-A958-9DB0DF69ECC3@kientzle.com> <4FF4E105.50502@FreeBSD.org> <20120704203711.2732b645@bhuda.mired.org> <2EA305F0-87D9-47BE-B3E6-366659BF77AF@kientzle.com> <20120704214216.29085927@bhuda.mired.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207051635550.2537@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <2336980A-5AAB-4D45-8177-71609A7B31F7@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:57:09 +0100
Jonathan Anderson <jonathan.robert.anderson@gmail.com> wrote:
> They do, and it's actually very useful in two cases:
> 1. new users =E2=80=94 "my friend told me to try out latex, but when I ty=
pe 'latex' nothing happens! oh wait, that's how I make it work"
> 2. confusingly-named packages. on FreeBSD:
>=20
> [nick ~]$ latex
> zsh: command not found: latex
> [nick ~]$ pkg search latex | awk '{print $1}'
> latex-chapterfolder-2.0.20051124
[long list elided]
> Compare to bash on Ubuntu:
>=20
> [jra40@kent ~]$ latex
> The program 'latex' is currently not installed. You can install it by ty=
ping:
> sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base
Nobody has argued that making the ports collection easier to search
would be a bad idea. I get:
bhuda% portsearch -f 'bin/latex$'
Port: latex2e-2003.12_1
Info: TeX macro package
Path: /usr/ports/print/latex
Files: bin/latex
Port: teTeX-base-3.0_20
Info: Thomas Esser's distribution of TeX & friends (binaries)
Path: /usr/ports/print/teTeX-base
Files: bin/latex
2 ports, 2 files
bhuda%=20
Hmm. Seems like we have two different versions of latex in the ports
- and probably packages - tree.
In fact, if you want this functionality in the base, providing the
search functionality as an external tool is a crucial step. I'd be
surprised if anybody object to that being added to base.
> The command line shouldn't have to be a scary place for new users.
Nor should it be an annoying place for old users. New users are
important. But old users are the ones who make contributions.
<mike
--=20
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