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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-04-18 09:47:09 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-04-18 09:47:09 +0000
commit85e9e961e07c282eeaba41762ca8b5439873b13b (patch)
treef13d5f1f027bf6ccb24eb8bb4316f0793fd1d2bd /apropos.1
parent751b61131f149061d689b6bac72b4a2c3629e44a (diff)
downloadmandoc-85e9e961e07c282eeaba41762ca8b5439873b13b.tar.gz
Fix a few lies; polish wording and formatting while here.
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+++ b/apropos.1
@@ -38,18 +38,20 @@ and
.Nm whatis
utilities query manual page databases generated by
.Xr mandocdb 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 mandocdb 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
@@ -120,34 +122,40 @@ 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
@@ -162,29 +170,28 @@ considers an
.Ar expression
to consist of an opaque keyword.
.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
@@ -314,7 +321,7 @@ 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