Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude
[replying to my own post]
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:26:55 -0400
Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:53:46 +0100
> Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > in synaptic to browse than it is in aptitude. And I wish you could
> > reverse direction in mid-search in aptitude. I often race past a
> > relevant match by being too quick on the "n". If only "b" for back or
> > "p" for previous or "N" or whatever switched the direction without
> > having to reenter the search using \ or page up enough times to probably
> > pass whatever it was you didn't quite see...
>
> From the aptitude manual:
>
> [Tip] Tip
>
> You can search backwards in the package list by pressing \, and you can
> repeat the last search by pressing n after closing the search window.
>
> I never remember how to do that either ...
I didn't read your post sufficiently carefully; sorry for the noise.
> Celejar
Celejar
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