Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 1997 14:25:43 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: object--->lib
In-Reply-To:	<687t2v$7gm@freenet-news.carleton.ca>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.971229141742.28407A-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 29 Dec 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> What the devil is an "index-apropos"?

Come on, Paul, can't you look it up?  This ain't your general education 
class, y'know :-).  ``apropos'' is widely used in computer slang, there's 
even a Unix command by that name.

OK, just this once: apropos means ``concerning'', ``with reference to''.  
`index-apropos' is the Info command that looks up all the indices (you 
know what ``indices'' means, do you?) for a given string.  "index-apropos 
file" creates a menu from all (index) items that mention ``file''.

> It really isn't necessary to obfuscate the documentation with randomly
> thrown-in Greek and Latin words y'know. :-)

These words are common knowledge.  No, really.

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