On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:38:10PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 08:49:08PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:15:19AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:12:44PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > use aptitude interactively and ':' will hold a package at its current > > > > level. also, '?' within apt-listbugs allows you to pin the packages, > > > > but I've not tried it to determine the results. > > > > > > That is a bit confusing because '?' is normally(?) the help key. > > > > Heh, I meant 'some character I can't remember' will pin the > > package. You are correct '?' will give you help, though that's at > > least as good as 'whatever character I couldn't remember' > > > > :) > > Oh, OK but since the ? was quoted I thought you meant it explicitly. > yeah, the problem is between the chair and the keyboard. I was thinking <finger-quotes-in-the-air> and it turned into ' ack. > Hopefully there are no programs where <F1> or ? does anything other > than help. Personally can't think of any except C-64 BASIC where ? what shorthand for print > > mmm watching newbies trying Vim and pressing 'q' to quit ... > he he A
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