.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).
-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
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
-\fB-h\fR
+\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
display help and exit
.TP
-\fB-m\fR
+\fB-m\fR, \fB--monochrome\fR
force the monochrome mode
.TP
-\fB-i\fR
+\fB-i\fR, \fB--revert-order\fR
revert the order of the lines
.TP
-\fB-b\fR
+\fB-b\fR, \fB--remove-bash-prefix\fR
remove the numeric prefix from bash history
.TP
-\fB-z\fR
+\fB-z\fR, \fB--remove-zsh-prefix\fR
remove the time prefix from zsh history
.TP
-\fB-d\fR
+\fB-d\fR, \fB--remove-duplicates\fR
remove duplicated lines (note that you can have two different lines
with the same visible part if you use the -x option)
.TP
-\fB-e\fR
+\fB-e\fR, \fB--regexp\fR
start in regexp mode
.TP
-\fB-a\fR
+\fB-a\fR, \fB--case-sensitive\fR
start in case sensitive mode
.TP
-\fB-q\fR
+\fB-q\fR, \fB--no-beep\fR
make a flash instead of a beep when there is an edition error
.TP
-\fB--\fR
+\fB--\fR, \fB--rest-are-files\fR
state that all following arguments are filenames
.TP
-\fB-t \fI<title>\fR
+\fB-t \fI<title>\fR, \fB--title \fI<title>\fR
add a title in the modeline
.TP
-\fB-c \fI<fg_modeline> <bg_modeline> <fg_highlight> <bg_highlight>\fR
+\fB-c \fI<fg_modeline>,<bg_modeline>,<fg_highlight>,<bg_highlight>\fR,
+\fB--colors \fI<fg_modeline>,<bg_modeline>,<fg_highlight>,<bg_highlight>\fR
select the modeline and highlight color numbers
.TP
-\fB-v\fR
+\fB-v\fR, \fB--inject-in-tty\fR
inject the selected line into the tty input buffer
.TP
-\fB-w\fR
+\fB-w\fR, \fB--add-control-qs\fR
add ^Q between characters during tty injection to quote control characters
.TP
-\fB-o \fI<output_filename>\fR
+\fB-o \fI<output_filename>\fR, \fB--output-file \fI<output_filename>\fR
write the selected line into the specified file
.TP
-\fB-s \fI<pattern_separator>\fR
+\fB-s \fI<pattern_separator>\fR, \fB--pattern-separator \fI<pattern_separator>\fR
specify the symbol to separate the substrings in the search pattern
.TP
-\fB-x \fI<label_separator>\fR
+\fB-x \fI<label_separator>\fR, \fB--label-separator \fI<label_separator>\fR
specify the symbol to separate what to show to the user during the
selection from the line to return
.TP
-\fB-l \fI<max_number_of_lines>\fR
+\fB-l \fI<max_number_of_lines>\fR, \fB--number-of-lines \fI<max_number_of_lines>\fR
specify the maximum number of lines to take into account
.TP
-\fB-f \fI<input_filename>\fR
+\fB-f \fI<input_filename>\fR, \fB--input-file \fI<input_filename>\fR
specify a file to search into (option kept for compatibility reasons)
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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