Use the freshly improved roff_getname() function

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-.\"    $Id: apropos.1,v 1.18 2012/06/08 10:44:52 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: apropos.1,v 1.29 2014/04/24 00:28:19 schwarze Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>

+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>

 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above


@@ -14,39 +15,49 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"

-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 8 2012 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 24 2014 $

 .Dt APROPOS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Dt APROPOS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME

-.Nm apropos
+.Nm apropos ,
+.Nm whatis

 .Nd search manual page databases
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl C Ar file
 .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 M Ar path
+.Op Fl m Ar path
+.Op Fl O Ar outkey

 .Op Fl S Ar arch
 .Op Fl s Ar section
 .Ar expression ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Op Fl S Ar arch
 .Op Fl s Ar section
 .Ar expression ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The

-.Nm
-utility queries manual page databases generated by
-.Xr mandocdb 8 ,
-evaluating on
+.Nm apropos
+and
+.Nm whatis
+utilities query manual page databases generated by
+.Xr makewhatis 8 ,
+evaluating

 .Ar expression
 for each file in each database.
 .Ar expression
 for each file in each database.

+By default, it displays the names, section numbers, and description lines
+of all matching manuals.

 .Pp
 By default,
 .Nm
 searches for
 .Pp
 By default,
 .Nm
 searches for

-.Xr mandocdb 8
+.Xr makewhatis 8

 databases in the default paths stipulated by
 .Xr man 1
 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.
+and uses case-insensitive substring matching
+.Pq the Cm = No operator
+over manual names and descriptions
+.Pq the Li \&Nm No and Li \&Nd No macro keys .
+Multiple terms imply pairwise
+.Fl o .
+.Nm whatis
+maps terms only to case-sensitive manual names.

 .Pp
 Its arguments are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .Pp
 Its arguments are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds


@@ -56,67 +67,136 @@ Specify an alternative configuration
 in
 .Xr man.conf 5
 format.
 in
 .Xr man.conf 5
 format.

-.It Fl M Ar manpath
+.It Fl M Ar path

 Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths
 searched for
 Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths
 searched for

-.Xr mandocdb 8
+.Xr makewhatis 8

 databases.
 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
 databases.
 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.

-.It Fl m Ar manpath
+.It Fl m Ar path

 Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched
 for
 Prepend the colon-separated paths to the list of paths searched
 for

-.Xr mandocdb 8
+.Xr makewhatis 8

 databases.
 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
 databases.
 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.

+.It Fl O Ar outkey
+Show the values associated with the key
+.Ar outkey
+instead of the manual descriptions.

 .It Fl S Ar arch
 .It Fl S Ar arch

-Search only for a particular architecture.
-.It Fl s Ar cat
-Search only for a manual section.
+Restrict the search to pages for the specified
+.Xr machine 1
+architecture.
+.Ar arch
+is case insensitive.
+By default, pages for all architectures are shown.
+.It Fl s Ar section
+Restrict the search to the specified section of the manual.
+By default, pages from all sections are shown.

 See
 .Xr man 1
 See
 .Xr man 1

-for a listing of manual sections.
+for a listing of sections.

 .El
 .Pp
 An
 .Ar expression
 .El
 .Pp
 An
 .Ar expression

-consists of type and keyword pairs.
-This pair syntax
-.Li [key[,key]*(=~)]?val ,
-where operand
-.Cm key
+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
+.Sq and ) .
+.It Ar expr1 Oo Fl o Oc Ar expr2
+True if
+.Ar expr1
+and/or
+.Ar expr2
+evaluate to true (logical
+.Sq or ) .
+.It Ar term
+True if
+.Ar term
+is satisfied.
+This has syntax
+.Sm off
+.Oo
+.Op Ar key Op , Ar key ...
+.Pq Cm = | ~
+.Oc
+.Ar val ,
+.Sm on
+where
+.Ar key

 is an
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macro to query and
 is an
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macro to query and

-.Cm val
+.Ar val

 is its value.
 See
 .Sx Macro Keys
 for a list of available keys.
 Operator
 is its value.
 See
 .Sx Macro Keys
 for a list of available keys.
 Operator

-.Li \&=
-evaluates a full string, while
-.Li \&~
-evaluates a
-.Xr glob 7
-pattern.
+.Cm =
+evaluates a substring, while
+.Cm ~
+evaluates a regular expression.
+.It Fl i Ar term
+If
+.Ar term
+is a regular expression, it
+is evaluated case-insensitively.
+Has no effect on substring terms.
+.El

 .Pp
 .Pp

-Results are sorted by manual title, with output formatted as
-.Qq title(sec) \- description
-where
-.Qq title
-is the manual's title (note multiple manual names may exist for one
-title),
-.Qq sec
+.Nm whatis
+considers an
+.Ar expression
+to consist of an opaque keyword.
+.Pp
+Results are sorted by manual sections and names, with output formatted as
+.Pp
+.D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description
+.Pp
+Where
+.Dq name
+is the manual's name,
+.Dq sec

 is the manual section, and
 is the manual section, and

-.Qq description
+.Dq description

 is the manual's short description.
 If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as
 is the manual's short description.
 If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as

-.Qq title(cat/arch) \- description .
+.Pp
+.D1 name(sec/arch) \- description
+.Pp
+Resulting manuals may be accessed as
+.Pp
+.Dl $ man \-s sec name
+.Pp
+If an architecture is specified in the output, use
+.Pp
+.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch name

 .Ss Macro Keys
 Queries evaluate over a subset of
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macros indexed by
 .Ss Macro Keys
 Queries evaluate over a subset of
 .Xr mdoc 7
 macros indexed by

-.Xr mandocdb 8 .
+.Xr makewhatis 8 .

 In addition to the macro keys listed below, the special key
 .Cm any
 may be used to match any available macro key.
 In addition to the macro keys listed below, the special key
 .Cm any
 may be used to match any available macro key.


@@ -125,6 +205,8 @@ Names and description:
 .Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact
 .It Li \&Nm Ta manual name
 .It Li \&Nd Ta one-line manual description
 .Bl -column "xLix" description -offset indent -compact
 .It Li \&Nm Ta manual name
 .It Li \&Nd Ta one-line manual description

+.It Li arch Ta machine architecture (case-insensitive)
+.It Li sec  Ta manual section number

 .El
 .Pp
 Sections and cross references:
 .El
 .Pp
 Sections and cross references:


@@ -188,35 +270,31 @@ Text production:
 .It Li \&Dx Ta Dx No version reference
 .El
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .It Li \&Dx Ta Dx No version reference
 .El
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT

-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.Bl -tag -width MANPATH

 .It Ev MANPATH
 .It Ev MANPATH

-Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for
-manual databases.
+The standard search path used by
+.Xr man 1
+may be changed by specifying a path in the
+.Ev MANPATH
+environment variable.

 Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
 Overridden by
 .Fl M .
 If
 .Ev MANPATH
 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.
+begins with a colon, it is appended to the default list;
+if it ends with a colon, it is prepended to the default list;
+or if it contains two adjacent colons,
+the standard search path is inserted between the colons.
+If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the
+standard search path.

 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact

-.It Pa whatis.db
+.It Pa mandoc.db

 name of the
 name of the

-.Xr mandocdb 8
+.Xr makewhatis 8

 keyword database
 keyword database

-.It Pa whatis.index
-name of the
-.Xr mandocdb 8
-filename database

 .It Pa /etc/man.conf
 default
 .Xr man 1
 .It Pa /etc/man.conf
 default
 .Xr man 1


@@ -226,35 +304,84 @@ configuration file
 .Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Search for
 .Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Search for

-.Qq mdoc
-as a word or
-.Xr glob 7
-expression:
+.Qq .cf
+as a substring of manual names and descriptions:

 .Pp
 .Pp

-.Dl $ apropos mdoc
-.Dl $ apropos any~mdoc*
+.Dl $ apropos .cf

 .Pp
 Include matches for
 .Pp
 Include matches for

-.Qq roff
+.Qq .cnf

 and
 and

-.Qq man
-using
-.Xr glob 7
-expressions:
+.Qq .conf
+as well:

 .Pp
 .Pp

-.Dl $ apropos ~*mdoc* ~*roff*
+.Dl $ apropos .cf .cnf .conf

 .Pp
 .Pp

-Search for
+Search in names and descriptions using a regular expression:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ apropos '~set.?[ug]id'
+.Pp
+Search for manuals in the library section mentioning both the
+.Qq optind
+and the

 .Qq optarg
 .Qq optarg

-as a variable name in the library category:
+variables:

 .Pp
 .Pp

-.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va=optarg
+.Dl $ apropos \-s 3 Va=optind \-a Va=optarg
+.Pp
+Do exactly the same as calling
+.Xr whatis 1
+with the argument
+.Qq ssh :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i 'Nm~[[:<:]]ssh[[:>:]]'
+.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 $
+.Ed

 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Sh SEE ALSO

-.Xr glob 7 ,
-.Xr mandocdb 8
-.Sh AUTHORS
+.Xr man 1 ,
+.Xr re_format 7 ,
+.Xr makewhatis 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+An
+.Nm
+utility first appeared in
+.Bx 2 .
+It was rewritten from scratch for
+.Ox 5.6 .
+.Pp

 The
 The

+.Fl M
+option and the
+.Ev MANPATH
+variable first appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 ;
+.Fl m
+in
+.Bx 4.3 Reno ;
+.Fl C
+in
+.Bx 4.4 Lite1 ;
+and
+.Fl S
+and
+.Fl s
+in
+.Ox 4.5 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+.An Bill Joy
+wrote the original
+.Bx

 .Nm
 .Nm

-utility was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons ,
-.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
+in February 1979.
+The current version was written by
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv
+and
+.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org .