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+.TH "SELECTOR" 1 "July 2009" "Francois Fleuret" "User Commands"
+

 \" This man page was written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
 \" and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
 \" 3.0 License.
 
 \" This man page was written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
 \" and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
 \" 3.0 License.
 

-.TH "SELECTOR" 1 "July 2009" "Francois Fleuret" "User Commands"
-

 .SH "NAME"
 
 selector \- A simple command line utility for dynamic pattern selection
 .SH "NAME"
 
 selector \- A simple command line utility for dynamic pattern selection


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 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 

-\fBselector\fP is a command line utility for dynamic string
-selection. It reads the content of the specified files, and as the
-user types a list of strings separated by ";" (or a regexp), the
+\fBselector\fP is a command line utility for interactive real-time
+pattern matching. It reads the content of the specified files, and as
+the user types a list of strings separated by ";" (or a regexp), the

 display is updated in real time to show only the lines containing all
 the said strings (or matching the regexp).
 
 display is updated in real time to show only the lines containing all
 the said strings (or matching the regexp).
 

-This command was mainly designed as a way to search in the shell
-history, for which it is substantially more efficient than the
-standard readline ^R binding. With the -v option, it injects the
-selected line into the tty input buffer, hence allowing the user to
-edit the line and execute it as a standard command.
+This command was mainly designed as a way to search efficiently in the
+shell history, for which it is substantially better than the standard
+readline ^R binding. With the -v option, it injects the selected line
+into the tty input buffer, hence allowing the user to edit the line
+and execute it as a standard command.

 
 Selector is also a handy tool to test regexps, or to display menus
 with many possible choices. For the latter, the -x option allows to
 
 Selector is also a handy tool to test regexps, or to display menus
 with many possible choices. For the latter, the -x option allows to