=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/apropos.1,v retrieving revision 1.29 retrieving revision 1.30 diff -u -p -r1.29 -r1.30 --- mandoc/apropos.1 2014/04/24 00:28:19 1.29 +++ mandoc/apropos.1 2014/08/21 01:52:59 1.30 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.29 2014/04/24 00:28:19 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.30 2014/08/21 01:52:59 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 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 24 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 21 2014 $ .Dt APROPOS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ utilities query manual page databases generated by evaluating .Ar expression for each file in each database. -By default, it displays the names, section numbers, and description lines +By default, they display the names, section numbers, and description lines of all matching manuals. .Pp By default, @@ -349,11 +349,19 @@ The following two invocations are equivalent: .Xr re_format 7 , .Xr makewhatis 8 .Sh HISTORY -An +Part of the functionality of +.Nm whatis +was already provided by the former +.Nm manwhere +utility in +.Bx 1 . +The .Nm -utility first appeared in +and +.Nm whatis +utilities first appeared in .Bx 2 . -It was rewritten from scratch for +They were rewritten from scratch for .Ox 5.6 . .Pp The @@ -373,13 +381,23 @@ and and .Fl s in -.Ox 4.5 . +.Ox 4.5 +for +.Nm +and in +.Ox 5.6 +for +.Nm whatis . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit .An Bill Joy -wrote the original +wrote +.Nm manwhere +in 1977 and the original .Bx .Nm +and +.Nm whatis in February 1979. The current version was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv