=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/apropos.1,v retrieving revision 1.10 retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -p -r1.10 -r1.11 --- mandoc/apropos.1 2011/11/29 00:41:33 1.10 +++ mandoc/apropos.1 2011/11/29 10:53:42 1.11 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.10 2011/11/29 00:41:33 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.11 2011/11/29 10:53:42 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ evaluates a substring, while .Li \&~ evaluates a regular expression. .It Fl i Ar term -Same as -.Ar term , -but +If .Ar term +is a regular expression, it is evaluated case-insensitively. +Has no effect on substring terms. .El .Pp By default, @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ searches for .Xr mandocdb 8 databases in the default paths stipulated by .Xr man 1 , -parses terms as case-insensitive regular expressions +parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions .Pq the Li \&~ operator over manual names and descriptions .Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . @@ -238,25 +238,25 @@ Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are Overridden by .Fl M . .El -.\" .Sh FILES .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES Search for .Qq mdoc -within the manual name and description: +as a substring and regular expression +within each manual name and description: .Pp .Dl $ apropos mdoc +.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ .Pp -Two variants of searching for -.Qq mdoc , -.Qq roff , -or +Include matches for +.Qq roff +and .Qq man -within manual names and descriptions: +for the regular expression case: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos mdoc roff man -.Dl $ apropos mdoc \-o roff \-o man +.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ roff man +.Dl $ apropos ~^mdoc$ \-o roff \-o man .Pp Search for .Qq optind @@ -264,17 +264,11 @@ and .Qq optarg as variable names in the library category: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 \(dqVa~^optind$\(dq -a \(dqVa~^optarg$\(dq -.Pp -Search for all manuals referencing -.Qq POSIX -in any letter case: -.Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i posix +.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va~^optind \-a Va~^optarg$ .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 , -.Xr mandoc 1 , -.Xr re_format 7 +.Xr re_format 7 , +.Xr mandocdb 8 .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm