=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/apropos.1,v retrieving revision 1.37 retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -p -r1.37 -r1.41 --- mandoc/apropos.1 2015/02/16 16:23:54 1.37 +++ mandoc/apropos.1 2017/03/17 17:24:41 1.41 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.37 2015/02/16 16:23:54 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.41 2017/03/17 17:24:41 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons -.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014 Ingo Schwarze +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 Ingo Schwarze .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -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: February 16 2015 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 17 2017 $ .Dt APROPOS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ This has syntax .Sm off .Oo .Op Ar key Op , Ar key ... -.Pq Cm = | ~ +.Pq Cm = | \(ti .Oc .Ar val , .Sm on @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ for a list of available keys. Operator .Cm = evaluates a substring, while -.Cm ~ +.Cm \(ti evaluates a regular expression. .It Fl i Ar term If @@ -237,8 +237,29 @@ is evaluated case-insensitively. Has no effect on substring terms. .El .Pp -Results are sorted by manual sections and names, with output formatted as +Results are sorted according to the following criteria: +.Bl -enum +.It +The manpath directory tree the page is found in, according to the +order specified with +.Fl M , +.Fl m , +the +.Ev MANPATH +environment variable, the +.Xr man.conf 5 +configuration file, or the default documented in +.Xr man.conf 5 . +.It +The section number in ascending numerical order. +.It +The page name in ascending +.Xr ascii 7 +alphabetical order, case-insensitive. +.El .Pp +Each output line is formatted as +.Pp .D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description .Pp Where @@ -365,7 +386,8 @@ Specifies the pagination program to use when .Ev MANPAGER is not defined. If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, -.Pa /usr/bin/more Fl s +.Xr more 1 +.Fl s will be used. .El .Sh FILES @@ -398,7 +420,7 @@ as well: .Pp Search in names and descriptions using a regular expression: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos '~set.?[ug]id' +.Dl $ apropos \(aq\(tiset.?[ug]id\(aq .Pp Search for manuals in the library section mentioning both the .Qq optind @@ -413,15 +435,15 @@ Do exactly the same as calling with the argument .Qq ssh : .Pp -.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i 'Nm~[[:<:]]ssh[[:>:]]' +.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i \(aqNm\(ti[[:<:]]ssh[[:>:]]\(aq .Pp The following two invocations are equivalent: .Pp .D1 Li $ apropos -S Ar arch Li -s Ar section expression .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Li $ apropos \e( Ar expression Li \e) -.Li -a arch~^( Ns Ar arch Ns Li |any)$ -.Li -a sec~^ Ns Ar section Ns Li $ +.Li -a arch\(ti^( Ns Ar arch Ns Li |any)$ +.Li -a sec\(ti^ Ns Ar section Ns Li $ .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 , @@ -467,6 +489,10 @@ and in .Ox 5.6 for .Nm whatis . +The options +.Fl acfhIKklOTWw +appeared in +.Ox 5.7 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit .An Bill Joy