Right that is not known to every newbie. That's why I said "after having just a little knowledge about the console". (I assumed the user had knowledge of how to edit text files, where most configuration files go, and bash completion.) Some knowledge is needed to work in the GUI, also. Specifically, where to go to get to the GUI settings for the setting he wants. My point is that the same trial-and-error proces exists in both places.

I'm not saying it's straightforward, I'm saying without documentation you have a fighting chance of exploring around and finding what you need. With a console you don't have that option. Without docs or prior knowledge of commands your odds of figuring out a command and how to use it is slim. I like the fact that I can explore and find things out in Windows. I don't enjoy weeding through docs. That and not having to go into a text file and edit some properties where one typo or other mistake makes it not work. That's all I'm saying.

Honestly, the same thing is in a console. Looking for a utility to apply xslt, for instance: "xslt", tab, tab. If you have multiple ones, run each one with "--help". It works wonders.

Standard operating procedure for finding a program: type it in and see if it's installed. Try man "thingie" to see if the See Alsos have anything. emerge -s "topic" to see if there are any packages are there. Google for it. Typically a package will be listed in the summary on the first page, so try to emerge that. That done, look at what it installed in /usr/bin, and run it with --help. Maybe check a man page.

I mean, even without the man pages, --help (or the program with no args) is very handy.

Thats because you're not trying

Or /? if it's a DOS console.

If we're being nitpicky... it IS spelled latex, it's just usually formatted as LaTeX.

We were being nitpicky, remember? Capitalization does not effect spelling.

Not that easily.

But I didn't say it should usually be formatted that way, I said it is usually formatted that way. Though, knowing the inherent laziness of most people, it probably isn't.

That's right. It's stell LaTeX though, for the following reasons:
The L is a capital for Lamport, the guy who wrote the package. You don't spell his name lamport, now do you?
The T is not actually a "t", it's a "tau", and therefore should not be written "t".
Likewise, the X is not an "x", it's a "chi". For that reason, it's typeset "X".
So the proper spelling is indeed LaTeX, the pronunciation is la-tech, not to be confused with latex (as in rubber).

Sorry for the diversion, carry on.

It's not numbers, it's letters.

It says so in "Not So short.." anyway.

WTf... leave it to computer scientists to get anal and start a debate over piddly details.

snorts actually in epidoe #s03.15 you can clearly see the shadow from the microphone boom.

I think its time to close this thread.. it changed direction 5 times or so.