Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 16:32:48 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx>, FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: man -k (metacity | xinit) Message-ID: <20020907233248.GK76893@vectors.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020907185917.X37786-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020907223215.GJ76893@vectors.cx> <20020907185917.X37786-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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i'd try this. it sets the manpath, and then builds the whatis db with everything in that thar manpath: setenv MANPATH /usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/X11R6/man makewhatis $MANPATH hopefully this will work for you... after doing that, man -k xinit should work fine, but man -k metacity will not as metacity doesn't install any manpages. monkey@smacky:/tmp% man -k xinit xinit: nothing appropriate monkey@smacky:/tmp% export MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/X11R6/man monkey@smacky:/tmp% makewhatis $MANPATH Cannot find file: /usr/local/man/man1/ex.1 Cannot find file: /usr/local/man/man1/view.1 Cannot find file: /usr/local/man/man1/eview.1 Cannot find file: /usr/local/man/man1/gvimdiff.1.gz Cannot find file: /usr/local/man/man1/cowthink.1 zsh: 29730 exit 5 makewhatis $MANPATH monkey@smacky:/usr/bin# man -k xinit xinit(1) - X Window System initializer -Adam >> (09.07.2002 @ 1601 PST): Peter Leftwich said, in 0.6K: << > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > setenv MANPATH "$MANPATH:/usr/X11R6/man" > > -Adam > > "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." > > -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" > > Adam Weinberger > > adam@vectors.cx > > http://vectors.cx > > myprompt$ echo $MANPATH > MANPATH: Undefined variable. > > myprompt$ setenv | grep -i man > [nothing] > > PS - Has anyone had experience using Gnome2's gconftool-2 to change or set > a window manager from the non-GUI command-line?? Thanks. > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > >> end of "Re: man -k (metacity | xinit)" from Peter Leftwich << -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx http://vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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