=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/apropos.1,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -p -r1.3 -r1.10 --- mandoc/apropos.1 2011/11/09 10:53:48 1.3 +++ mandoc/apropos.1 2011/11/29 00:41:33 1.10 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.3 2011/11/09 10:53:48 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.10 2011/11/29 00:41:33 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -14,25 +14,41 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 9 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 29 2011 $ .Dt APROPOS 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm apropos -.Nd search the manual page database +.Nd search manual page databases .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl I +.Op Fl M Ar manpath +.Op Fl m Ar manpath .Op Fl S Ar arch .Op Fl s Ar section -.Op Fl t Ar types -.Ar pattern +.Ar expression... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility queries the manual page database. +utility queries manual page databases generated by +.Xr mandocdb 8 , +evaluating on +.Ar expression +for each file in each database. Its arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl M Ar manpath +Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths +searched for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +.It Fl m Ar manpath +Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched +for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. .It Fl S Ar arch Search only for a particular architecture. .It Fl s Ar cat @@ -40,52 +56,82 @@ Search only for a manual section. See .Xr man 1 for a listing of manual sections. -.It Fl I -Case-insensitive pattern matching. -.It Fl t Ar types -Consider only types of keyword match, where -.Ar types -is a comma-separated list consisting of the following: -.Ar name , -manual names; -.Ar func , -function names; -.Ar utility , -utility names; -.Ar incl , -include files; -.Ar var , -variable names; -.Ar stand , -standards ; -.Ar auth , -authors; -.Ar conf , -configuration strings; -.Ar desc , -descriptive text; -.Ar xref , -cross-references. -.Ar path , -file pathnames; -.Ar env , -environment variables; or -.Ar err , -error codes. -Specifying -.Ar all -will search for all types. -.It Ar key -The search key. .El .Pp +An +.Ar expression +consists of search terms joined by logical operators +.Fl a +.Pq and +and +.Fl o +.Pq or . +The +.Fl a +operator has precedence over +.Fl o +and both are evaluated left-to-right. +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It \&( Ar expr No \&) +True if the subexpression +.Ar expr +is true. +.It Ar expr1 Fl a Ar expr2 +True if both +.Ar expr1 +and +.Ar expr2 +are true (logical +.Qq and ) . +.It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2 +True if +.Ar expr1 +and/or +.Ar expr2 +evaluate to true (logical +.Qq or ) . +.It Ar term +True if +.Ar term +is satisfied. +This has syntax +.Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val , +where operand +.Cm key +is an +.Xr mdoc 7 +macro to query and +.Cm val +is its value. +See +.Sx Macro Keys +for a list of available keys. +Operator +.Li \&= +evaluates a substring, while +.Li \&~ +evaluates a regular expression. +.It Fl i Ar term +Same as +.Ar term , +but +.Ar term +is evaluated case-insensitively. +.El +.Pp By default, .Nm -searches for pattern matches of -.Ar pattern -in manual names and descriptions -and displays results sorted by manual title. -Output is formatted as +searches for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 , +parses terms as case-insensitive regular expressions +.Pq the Li \&~ operator +over manual names and descriptions +.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys . +Multiple terms imply pairwise +.Fl o . +Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as .Pp .D1 title(sec) \- description .Pp @@ -108,44 +154,130 @@ Resulting manuals may be accessed as If an architecture is specified in the output, use .Pp .Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title -.\" .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -.\" Not used in OpenBSD. -.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES -.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. -.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.\" For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only. +.Ss Macro Keys +Queries evaluate over a subset of +.Xr mdoc 7 +macros indexed by +.Xr mandocdb 8 . +In addition to the macro keys listed below, the special key +.Cm any +may be used to match any available macro key. +.Pp +Names and description: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Nm Ta manual name +.It Li \&Nd Ta one-line manual description +.El +.Pp +Sections and cross references: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Sh Ta section header (excluding standard sections) +.It Li \&Ss Ta subsection header +.It Li \&Xr Ta cross reference to another manual page +.It Li \&Rs Ta bibliographic reference +.El +.Pp +Semantic markup for command line utilities: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Fl Ta command line options (flags) +.It Li \&Cm Ta command modifier +.It Li \&Ar Ta command argument +.It Li \&Ic Ta internal or interactive command +.It Li \&Ev Ta environmental variable +.It Li \&Pa Ta file system path +.El +.Pp +Semantic markup for function libraries: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Lb Ta function library name +.It Li \&In Ta include file +.It Li \&Ft Ta function return type +.It Li \&Fn Ta function name +.It Li \&Fa Ta function argument type and name +.It Li \&Vt Ta variable type +.It Li \&Va Ta variable name +.It Li \&Dv Ta defined variable or preprocessor constant +.It Li \&Er Ta error constant +.It Li \&Ev Ta environmental variable +.El +.Pp +Various semantic markup: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&An Ta author name +.It Li \&Lk Ta hyperlink +.It Li \&Mt Ta Do mailto Dc hyperlink +.It Li \&Cd Ta kernel configuration declaration +.It Li \&Ms Ta mathematical symbol +.It Li \&Tn Ta tradename +.El +.Pp +Physical markup: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&Em Ta italic font or underline +.It Li \&Sy Ta boldface font +.It Li \&Li Ta typewriter font +.El +.Pp +Text production: +.Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact +.It Li \&St Ta reference to a standards document +.It Li \&At Ta At No version reference +.It Li \&Bx Ta Bx No version reference +.It Li \&Bsx Ta Bsx No version reference +.It Li \&Nx Ta Nx No version reference +.It Li \&Fx Ta Fx No version reference +.It Li \&Ox Ta Ox No version reference +.It Li \&Dx Ta Dx No version reference +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ev MANPATH +Colon-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for +manual databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +Overridden by +.Fl M . +.El .\" .Sh FILES .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES Search for +.Qq mdoc +within the manual name and description: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos mdoc +.Pp +Two variants of searching for +.Qq mdoc , +.Qq roff , +or +.Qq man +within manual names and descriptions: +.Pp +.Dl $ apropos mdoc roff man +.Dl $ apropos mdoc \-o roff \-o man +.Pp +Search for .Qq optind -as a variable name in the library category: +and +.Qq optarg +as variable names in the library category: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-tvar \-s 3 optind +.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 \(dqVa~^optind$\(dq -a \(dqVa~^optarg$\(dq .Pp -Search for all manuals referencing the term +Search for all manuals referencing .Qq POSIX in any letter case: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-tall \-I posix -.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.\" For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only. -.\" .Sh ERRORS -.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i posix .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 , .Xr mandoc 1 , .Xr re_format 7 -.\" .Sh STANDARDS -.\" .Sh HISTORY .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons , .Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . -.\" .Sh CAVEATS -.\" .Sh BUGS -.\" .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS -.\" Not used in OpenBSD.