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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/whatis.1,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -p -r1.6 -r1.9
--- mandoc/Attic/whatis.1	2011/12/25 16:53:51	1.6
+++ mandoc/Attic/whatis.1	2012/03/25 00:48:47	1.9
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"	$Id: whatis.1,v 1.6 2011/12/25 16:53:51 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: whatis.1,v 1.9 2012/03/25 00:48:47 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 25 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 25 2012 $
 .Dt WHATIS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ utility searches databases generated by
 for manuals containing the word
 .Ar name
 in their page name, ignoring case.
-It returns the header lines from all matching pages.
-You can then use the
-.Xr man 1
-command to get more information.
 .Pp
+By default,
+.Nm
+searches for
+.Xr mandocdb 8
+databases in the default paths stipulated by
+.Xr man 1 .
+If standard output is a TTY, a result may be selected from a list and
+its manual displayed with the pager.
+.Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl C Ar file
@@ -72,12 +77,6 @@ See
 for a listing of manual sections.
 .El
 .Pp
-By default,
-.Nm
-searches for
-.Xr mandocdb 8
-databases in the default paths stipulated by
-.Xr man 1 .
 Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as
 .Pp
 .D1 title(sec) \- description
@@ -94,14 +93,22 @@ If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is 
 .Pp
 .D1 title(cat/arch) \- description
 .Pp
-Resulting manuals may be accessed as
+If on a TTY, results are prefixed with a numeric identifier.
 .Pp
-.Dl $ man \-s sec title
+.D1 [index] title(cat) \- description
 .Pp
-If an architecture is specified in the output, use
+One may choose a manual be entering the index at the prompt.
+Valid choices are displayed using
+.Ev MANPAGER ,
+or failing that ,
+.Ev PAGER
+or just
+.Xr more 1 .
+Source pages are formatted with
+.Xr mandoc 1 ;
+preformatted pages with
+.Xr cat 1 .
 .Pp
-.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title
-.Pp
 .Nm
 is identical to running
 .Xr apropos 1
@@ -110,6 +117,14 @@ as follows:
 .Dl $ apropos -- -i 'Nm~[[:<:]]term[[:>:]]'
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Ev MANPAGER
+Default pager for manuals.
+If this is unset, falls back to
+.Ev Pager .
+.It Ev PAGER
+The second choice for a manual pager.
+If this is unset, use
+.Xr more 1 .
 .It Ev MANPATH
 Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for
 manual databases.