From: schwarze Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:46:41 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Fix a few lies; polish wording and formatting while here. X-Git-Url: http://artulab.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0301041a880702dde2b47da30ac75053aa5c86a;p=openbsd Fix a few lies; polish wording and formatting while here. --- diff --git a/usr.bin/mandoc/apropos.1 b/usr.bin/mandoc/apropos.1 index 8528fb60820..54a60797309 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mandoc/apropos.1 +++ b/usr.bin/mandoc/apropos.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.22 2014/04/15 23:01:34 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.23 2014/04/18 09:46:41 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 15 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 18 2014 $ .Dt APROPOS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -35,18 +35,20 @@ The .Nm utility queries manual page databases generated by .Xr makewhatis 8 , -evaluating on +evaluating .Ar expression for each file in each database. +By default, it displays the names, section numbers, and description lines +of all matching manuals. .Pp By default, .Nm searches for .Xr makewhatis 8 databases in the default paths stipulated by -.Xr man 1 , -parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions -.Pq the Li \&~ operator +.Xr man 1 +and uses case-insensitive substring matching +.Pq the Cm = No operator over manual names and descriptions .Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . Multiple terms imply pairwise @@ -115,34 +117,40 @@ True if both and .Ar expr2 are true (logical -.Qq and ) . +.Sq and ) . .It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2 True if .Ar expr1 and/or .Ar expr2 evaluate to true (logical -.Qq or ) . +.Sq or ) . .It Ar term True if .Ar term is satisfied. This has syntax -.Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val , -where operand -.Cm key +.Sm off +.Oo +.Op Ar key Op , Ar key ... +.Pq Cm = | ~ +.Oc +.Ar val +.Sm on , +where +.Ar key is an .Xr mdoc 7 macro to query and -.Cm val +.Ar val is its value. See .Sx Macro Keys for a list of available keys. Operator -.Li \&= +.Cm = evaluates a substring, while -.Li \&~ +.Cm ~ evaluates a regular expression. .It Fl i Ar term If @@ -152,29 +160,28 @@ is evaluated case-insensitively. Has no effect on substring terms. .El .Pp -Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as +Results are sorted by manual sections and names, with output formatted as .Pp -.D1 title(sec) \- description +.D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description .Pp Where -.Qq title -is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one -title), -.Qq sec +.Dq name +is the manual's name, +.Dq sec is the manual section, and -.Qq description +.Dq description is the manual's short description. If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as .Pp -.D1 title(cat/arch) \- description +.D1 name(sec/arch) \- description .Pp Resulting manuals may be accessed as .Pp -.Dl $ man \-s sec title +.Dl $ man \-s sec name .Pp If an architecture is specified in the output, use .Pp -.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title +.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch name .Ss Macro Keys Queries evaluate over a subset of .Xr mdoc 7 @@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ Search in names and descriptions using a regular expression: .Pp .Dl $ apropos '~set.?[ug]id' .Pp -Search for manuals in the library category mentioning both the +Search for manuals in the library section mentioning both the .Qq optind and the .Qq optarg