On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 04:09:36PM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote:
> If you aren't seeing any description even for commands that do have
> whatis-information, then this is a bug somewhere in the fish system.
> What is the output of e.g. '__fish_describe_command r'?

lots of descriptive output.

ah, i see what's happening here:
compare:
> ra<tab>
race                                             (Executable, 569kB)
radeontool                                       (Executable, 9.4kB)
ramsize  (Query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode)
random                                      (Generate random number)
ranlib                                  (Generate index to archive.)
rarp                              (Manipulate the system RARP table)
rasttopnm          (Convert a Sun rasterfile into a portable anymap)
raw                              (Bind a Linux raw character device)
rawtopgm       (Convert raw grayscale bytes into a portable graymap)
rawtoppm              (Convert raw RGB bytes into a portable pixmap)

with:
> r<tab>
race                                (Executable, 569kB)
radeontool                          (Executable, 9.4kB)
ramsize                        (Executable link, 7.3kB)
random                         (Generate random number)
ranlib                               (Executable, 42kB)
rarp                                 (Executable, 19kB)
rasttopnm                           (Executable, 6.8kB)
raw                                 (Executable, 5.2kB)
rawtopgm                            (Executable, 6.7kB)
rawtoppm                            (Executable, 6.2kB)
...

something obscure going on there...
upgrading this from wishlist to bug :-)

greetings, martin.
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