=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/apropos.1,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -p -r1.4 -r1.18 --- mandoc/apropos.1 2011/11/18 07:02:19 1.4 +++ mandoc/apropos.1 2012/06/08 10:44:52 1.18 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.4 2011/11/18 07:02:19 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.18 2012/06/08 10:44:52 kristaps Exp $ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -14,27 +14,60 @@ .\" 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 18 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 8 2012 $ .Dt APROPOS 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm apropos -.Nd search the manual page database +.Nd search manual page databases .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl C Ar file +.Op Fl M Ar manpath +.Op Fl m Ar manpath .Op Fl S Ar arch .Op Fl s Ar section -.Ar expression... +.Ar expression ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility queries a manual page database generated by -.Xr mandocdb 8 , +utility queries manual page databases generated by +.Xr mandocdb 8 , evaluating on .Ar expression -for each file in the database. +for each file in each database. +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +searches for +.Xr mandocdb 8 +databases in the default paths stipulated by +.Xr man 1 +and +parses terms as case-sensitive words +over manual names and descriptions. +Multiple terms are OR'd. +.Pp Its arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl C Ar file +Specify an alternative configuration +.Ar file +in +.Xr man.conf 5 +format. +.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 @@ -46,76 +79,30 @@ for a listing of manual sections. .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. -.Pp -.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 +consists of type and keyword pairs. +This pair syntax .Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val , where operand -.Li key +.Cm key is an .Xr mdoc 7 macro to query and -.Li val +.Cm val is its value. +See +.Sx Macro Keys +for a list of available keys. Operator .Li \&= -evaluates a substring, while +evaluates a full string, while .Li \&~ -evaluates a regular expression. -.It Fl i Ar term -Same as -.Ar term , -but -.Ar term -is evaluated case-insensitively. -.El +evaluates a +.Xr glob 7 +pattern. .Pp -By default, -.Nm -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 macros . -Multiple terms imply pairwise -.Fl o . Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as -.Pp -.D1 title(sec) \- description -.Pp -Where +.Qq title(sec) \- description +where .Qq title is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one title), @@ -124,72 +111,150 @@ is the manual section, and .Qq description is the manual's short description. If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as +.Qq title(cat/arch) \- description . +.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 -.D1 title(cat/arch) \- description +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 -Resulting manuals may be accessed as +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 -.Dl $ man \-s sec title +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 -If an architecture is specified in the output, use +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 -.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. -.\" .Sh FILES +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 modifying the default list of paths searched for +manual databases. +Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +Overridden by +.Fl M . +If +.Ev MANPATH +begins with a +.Sq \&: , +it is appended to the default list; +else if it ends with +.Sq \&: , +it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains +.Sq \&:: , +the default list is inserted between the colons. +If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact +.It Pa whatis.db +name of the +.Xr mandocdb 8 +keyword database +.It Pa whatis.index +name of the +.Xr mandocdb 8 +filename database +.It Pa /etc/man.conf +default +.Xr man 1 +configuration file +.El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES Search for .Qq mdoc -within the manual name and description: +as a word or +.Xr glob 7 +expression: .Pp .Dl $ apropos mdoc +.Dl $ apropos any~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: +using +.Xr glob 7 +expressions: .Pp -.Dl $ apropos mdoc roff man -.Dl $ apropos mdoc \-o roff \-o man +.Dl $ apropos ~*mdoc* ~*roff* .Pp Search for -.Qq optind -and .Qq optarg -as variable names in the library category: +as a variable name 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 -.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.\" For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only. -.\" .Sh ERRORS -.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va=optarg .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr man 1 , -.Xr mandoc 1 , -.Xr re_format 7 -.\" .Sh STANDARDS -.\" .Sh HISTORY +.Xr glob 7 , +.Xr mandocdb 8 .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.