Cosmetics.

[selector.git] / selector.1

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "SELECTOR" "1.1.2" "April 2010" "Francois Fleuret" "User Commands"
+.TH "SELECTOR" "1.1.7" "February 2013" "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
 
 \" This man page was written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
 \" and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike


@@ -28,13 +28,27 @@ 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

-specify a label delimiter: the part of each line before that character
-will appear during the selection, but only the part after that
-character will be returned.
+show different strings than the ones returned.

 
 Note that because this is an interactive command, the standard input
 can not be used as one of the input files.
 
 
 Note that because this is an interactive command, the standard input
 can not be used as one of the input files.
 

+.SH "USING SELECTOR IN BASH"
+
+The selector command comes with a shell script for bash. If you add
+
+.P
+.nf
+.B source bash-selector.sh --hist --cd
+
+.fi
+in your \fB~/.bashrc\fR, it will remap M-r to the smart history search,
+and redefine \fBcd\fR so that M-c provides a smart cd history.
+
+This script relies on readline being configured with the default
+emacs-style key bindings. You may have to hack a bit if you want to
+use it with the vi-style mode.
+

 .SH "KEY BINDINGS"
 
 Keys corresponding to ASCII codes between " " and "~" add a character
 .SH "KEY BINDINGS"
 
 Keys corresponding to ASCII codes between " " and "~" add a character


@@ -82,16 +96,22 @@ with the same visible part if you use the -x option)
 start in regexp mode
 .TP
 \fB-a\fR, \fB--case-sensitive\fR
 start in regexp mode
 .TP
 \fB-a\fR, \fB--case-sensitive\fR

-start in case sensitive mode
+start in case-sensitive mode
+.TP
+\fB-j\fR, \fB--show-long-lines\fR
+print a long-line indicator at the end of truncated lines
+.TP
+\fB-y\fR, \fB--show-hits\fR
+highlight the part(s) of each line which match the substrings or regexp

 .TP
 .TP

-\fB-n\fR, \fB--exclamation-negates\fR
-substrings starting with an exclamation point must be absent for a line
-to match
+\fB-u\fR, \fB--upper-case-makes-case-sensitive\fR
+using an upper case in the matching string makes the matching
+case-sensitive

 .TP
 \fB-q\fR, \fB--no-beep\fR
 make a flash instead of a beep when there is an edition error
 .TP
 .TP
 \fB-q\fR, \fB--no-beep\fR
 make a flash instead of a beep when there is an edition error
 .TP

-\fB--\fR, \fB--rest-are-files\fR
+\fB--\fR

 state that all following arguments are filenames
 .TP
 \fB--bash\fR
 state that all following arguments are filenames
 .TP
 \fB--bash\fR


@@ -102,6 +122,9 @@ standard setting for bash history search, same as
 \fB-t \fI<title>\fR, \fB--title \fI<title>\fR
 add a title in the modeline
 .TP
 \fB-t \fI<title>\fR, \fB--title \fI<title>\fR
 add a title in the modeline
 .TP

+\fB-r \fI<pattern>\fR, \fB--pattern \fI<pattern>\fR
+set a pattern
+.TP

 \fB-c \fI<colors>\fR, \fB--colors \fI<colors>\fR
 select the modeline and highlight color numbers with a color list of
 the form
 \fB-c \fI<colors>\fR, \fB--colors \fI<colors>\fR
 select the modeline and highlight color numbers with a color list of
 the form


@@ -122,7 +145,8 @@ specify the character to separate the substrings in the search pattern
 .TP
 \fB-x \fI<separator>\fR, \fB--label-separator \fI<separator>\fR
 specify the character to separate what to show to the user during the
 .TP
 \fB-x \fI<separator>\fR, \fB--label-separator \fI<separator>\fR
 specify the character to separate what to show to the user during the

-selection from the line to return
+selection from the line to return. If the provided separator is "\\n",
+the lines to show to the user alternate with the lines to return

 .TP
 \fB-l \fI<number>\fR, \fB--number-of-lines \fI<number>\fR
 specify the maximum number of lines to take into account
 .TP
 \fB-l \fI<number>\fR, \fB--number-of-lines \fI<number>\fR
 specify the maximum number of lines to take into account


@@ -131,38 +155,30 @@ specify the maximum number of lines to take into account
 
 To use selector to search into your bash history
 
 
 To use selector to search into your bash history
 

-.B selector -q --bash <(history)
-
-To show a list of directories and insert a cd command to the selected
-one (using @ as a separator)
-
-.B selector -v -x @ <(find . -type d | awk \(aq{print $0\(dq@cd \(dq$0}\(aq)
-
-To select a line in a long text and returns the line number (this
-command uses ^A as a separator, hence there will be problems if the
-file contains ^A)
+.P
+.nf
+.B

 
 

-.B selector -v -x ^A <(awk < something.txt \(aq{ print $0\(dq^A\(dqNR }\(aq)
+selector -q --bash <(history)

 
 

-.SH "KEYBINDING IN BASH"
+.fi
+To show a list of directories and insert a cd command to the selected
+one

 
 

-You can associate selector to a single key in bash by using the
-command 'bind' in your bash initialization file. For instance, to
-associate it to M-r (that is, the "Alt" and "r" key pressed together),
-just add something like
+.P
+.nf
+.B

 
 

-bind \(aq\(dq\\C-[r\(dq:\(dq\\C-a\\C-kselector --bash <(history)\\C-m\(dq\(aq
+selector -v -x \(dq\\n\(dq <(find . -type d | awk \(aq{ print $0\(dq\\ncd \(dq$0 }\(aq)

 
 

-in your
-.IR ~/.bashrc .
+.fi
+To select a line in a long text and write the line number in /tmp/nb

 
 

-This binding uses the control character ^A to put the cursor to the
-mostleft location and ^K to erase the current content of the readline
-buffer, and it simulates the enter key with ^M.
+.P
+.nf
+.B

 
 

-Note that depending on the configuration of your system, the sequence
-associated to the M-r key, which is here "C-[r", may differ. To figure
-it out, simply press C-q followed by M-r in the console.
+selector -o /tmp/nb -x \(dq\\n\(dq <(awk < something.txt \(aq{ print $0\(dq\\n\(dqNR }\(aq)

 
 .SH "BUGS"
 
 
 .SH "BUGS"