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Hi Henry,<br><br>> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:42:36 +0000<br>> From: henry.vermaak@gmail.com<br>> To: lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Lazarus] SVN user<br>> <br>> 2010/12/29 Peter Williams <pewilliams2010@live.com>:<br>> ><br>> > That's news to me. Thanks. What is "apropos" short for? I guess you're about<br>> > to tell me to use man apropos. :-) I didn't want to interrupt the flow of<br>> > writing this message. I will check later.<br>> <br>> Apropos is an English word, I'd recommend a dictionary.<br><br>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apropos<br><br>According to this page apropos means 'by the way'. It is also listed as obscure. <br><br>In my 49 years alive, and living in Australia, speaking English, I have never heard that word.<br><br>> ><br>> > juni@juni ~ $ man agropos<br>> > No manual entry for agropos<br>> <br>> Perhaps because agropos <> apropos?<br><br>man apropos<br><br>APROPOS(1) Manual pager utils APROPOS(1)<br><br>NAME<br> apropos - search the manual page names and descriptions<br><br>SYNOPSIS<br> apropos [-dalhvV] [-e|-w|-r] [-s section] [-m system[,...]] [-M path]<br> [-L locale] [-C file] keyword ...<br><br>DESCRIPTION<br> Each manual page has a short description available within it. apropos<br> searches the descriptions for instances of keyword.<br><br>> <br>> Henry<br>> <br>> --<br><br>pew<br><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Lazarus mailing list<br>> Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org<br>> http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus<br> </body>
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