speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca wrote on 02/19/2006 09:35:26 AM: > I was looking around /proc/speakup and found a file called "ex_num"The file > seems to be empty? I did a google search for > speakup ex_num > I was lead to a 56-page user guide which mentions all the files in that > directory. Since I couldn't find an explanation of what this item > does, I want > to suggest 2 similar things. First, I notice if I type > man speakup > There is no command. I think having a man page, especially for folks who are > new, would be quite valuable. having something like man speakup would imply that you could perform some action by typing speakup from the command line, which you cannot. > Next, please consider a help system. For example, > help ex-num > A discription of that particular item would follow. So you would be referring to the help system which pops up after pressing the speakup key or capslock key + f1? > Lastly, having more to do with linux in general-and-tcsh > in particular, is their a way to have tab completion work > on man pages? We grabbed bash completions from yum, but even in bash, has > little change. Basicly, it would be great to type > man and first letters of a program or script. I would provide a > matching list. I wonder if the apropos command would help you in this situation? > Thanks in advance for listening > Hart > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup