Re: (wandering off-topic) Re: How to use :help?

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:51:04 -0600 Erik Falor <ewfalor@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 07:42:33AM +0300, Gevisz wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:01:01 +1000 Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On 16.09.15 11:28, Gevisz wrote:
> > > > Just looked in 'man apropos' and tried 'apropos mount'
> > > >
> > > > It does not work. Can you, please, provide an example.
> > >
> > > The "apropos" command is the same as "man -k".
> > > Here, both give 27 hits for "mount".
> > > You'll need to diagnose the problem at your end.
> >
> > $ apropos mount
> > mount: nothing appropriate
> >
> > $ which apropos
> > /usr/bin/apropos
> >
> > $ which man
> > /usr/bin/man
> >
> > $ man -k mount
> > mount: nothing appropriate
> >
> > The last is really strange as I used this command before (but not in Gentoo).
> >
> > Thank you for explanation.
>
> For posterity's sake,
>
> apropos(1), man -k and whatis(1) all consult the `whatis' database.
> You may create this database with the makewhatis(1) command.
>
> On Gentoo these are all a part of the sys-apps/man package.

Thank you.

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