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-.TH "SELECTOR" "1"
+.TH "SELECTOR" "1.1.2" "April 2010" "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.
+

 .SH "NAME"
 .SH "NAME"

-selector - A simple command line utility for dynamic pattern selection
+
+selector \- A simple command line utility for dynamic pattern selection
+

 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"

-.PP
-\fBselector\fP [\fBoptions\fP] [<filename1> [<filename2> ...]]
+
+\fBselector\fP [\fIoptions\fR] [\fI<filename1>\fR [\fI<filename2>\fR ...]]
+

 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"

-.PP
-\fBselector\fP is a command line utility for dynamic string
-selection. As you type 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.

 
 

-The main usage of selector is as an efficient search in the shell
-command history. With the correct option, it will inject the selected
-line into the virtual tty input buffer, hence allowing the user to
-edit the line and execute it as a standard command.
+\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 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 good tool to test regexps, or a way to display
-menus. The -x option allows to specify a label delimiter: Only the
-part of each line before that character will appear during the
-selection, but the full line will be returned.
+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.

 
 

-.SH "KEYS"
-.PP
+Note that because this is an interactive command, the standard input
+can not be used as one of the input files.
+
+.SH "KEY BINDINGS"

 
 Keys corresponding to ASCII codes between " " and "~" add a character
 to the pattern string. The Backspace key, "^H" and "^?" delete the
 character immediately on the left of the cursor, while the Delete key
 and "^D" delete the character at cursor location.
 
 
 Keys corresponding to ASCII codes between " " and "~" add a character
 to the pattern string. The Backspace key, "^H" and "^?" delete the
 character immediately on the left of the cursor, while the Delete key
 and "^D" delete the character at cursor location.
 

-The Up and Down cursor keys move the selected line accordingly, and
-PageUp and PageDown move by ten lines. The Home and End key move to
-the top and the bottom of the list respectively. The return key
-selects the current line and exits.
+The Left and Right cursor keys move the editing cursor
+accordingly. The Up and Down cursor keys move the selected line one
+entry at a time, and PageUp and PageDown move it by ten entries. The
+Home and End key move to the top and the bottom of the list
+respectively. The return key selects the current line and exits.

 
 

-The shortcuts "^A", "^E", "^U", and "^K" do somehow what they do in
+The keys "^A", "^E", "^U", and "^K" do somehow what they do in

 readline, and you can exit selector without doing anything by either
 interrupting the command with "^C" or by typing "^G" or the Escape
 key.
 
 readline, and you can exit selector without doing anything by either
 interrupting the command with "^C" or by typing "^G" or the Escape
 key.
 

-The "^R" key switches between the standard multi-substring mode and
-the regexp mode, and "^I" between the case-sensitive and
+The key "^R" switches between the multi-substring and the regexp
+selection mode, and "^I" between the case-sensitive and

 case-insensitive modes.
 
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 case-insensitive modes.
 
 .SH "OPTIONS"

-.IP "\fB-h\fP" 10
-display help and exits
-.IP "\fB-m\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
+display help and exit
+.TP
+\fB-m\fR, \fB--monochrome\fR

 force the monochrome mode
 force the monochrome mode

-.IP "\fB-i\fP" 10
-invert the order of the lines
-.IP "\fB-b\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB-i\fR, \fB--revert-order\fR
+revert the order of the lines
+.TP
+\fB-b\fR, \fB--remove-bash-prefix\fR

 remove the numeric prefix from bash history
 remove the numeric prefix from bash history

-.IP "\fB-z\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB-z\fR, \fB--remove-zsh-prefix\fR

 remove the time prefix from zsh history
 remove the time prefix from zsh history

-.IP "\fB-d\fP" 10
+.TP
+\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)
 remove duplicated lines (note that you can have two different lines
 with the same visible part if you use the -x option)

-.IP "\fB-e\fP" 10
-start with the regexp mode activated
-.IP "\fB-a\fP" 10
-make the matching case sensitive
-.IP "\fB-q\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB-e\fR, \fB--regexp\fR
+start in regexp mode
+.TP
+\fB-a\fR, \fB--case-sensitive\fR
+start in case sensitive mode
+.TP
+\fB-n\fR, \fB--exclamation-negates\fR
+substrings starting with an exclamation point must be absent for a line
+to match
+.TP
+\fB-q\fR, \fB--no-beep\fR

 make a flash instead of a beep when there is an edition error
 make a flash instead of a beep when there is an edition error

-.IP "\fB--\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB--\fR

 state that all following arguments are filenames
 state that all following arguments are filenames

-.IP "\fB-t <title>\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB--bash\fR
+standard setting for bash history search, same as
+
+-b -i -d -v -w -l ${HISTSIZE}
+.TP
+\fB-t \fI<title>\fR, \fB--title \fI<title>\fR

 add a title in the modeline
 add a title in the modeline

-.IP "\fB-c <fg modeline> <bg modeline> <fg highlight> <bg highlight>\fP" 10
-select the modeline and highlight color numbers
-.IP "\fB-v\fP" 10
+.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
+
+\fI<fg_modeline>,<bg_modeline>,<fg_highlight>,<bg_highlight>\fR
+.TP
+\fB-v\fR, \fB--inject-in-tty\fR

 inject the selected line into the tty input buffer
 inject the selected line into the tty input buffer

-.IP "\fB-w\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB-w\fR, \fB--add-control-qs\fR

 add ^Q between characters during tty injection to quote control characters
 add ^Q between characters during tty injection to quote control characters

-.IP "\fB-o <output filename>\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB-o \fI<filename>\fR, \fB--output-file \fI<filename>\fR

 write the selected line into the specified file
 write the selected line into the specified file

-.IP "\fB-s <pattern separator>\fP" 10
-specify the symbol to separate the substrings in the search pattern
-.IP "\fB-x <label separator>\fP" 10
-specify the symbol to separate what to show to the user during the
-selection from the rest of the line
-.IP "\fB-l <max number of lines>\fP" 10
+.TP
+\fB-s \fI<separator>\fR, \fB--pattern-separator \fI<separator>\fR
+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
+selection from the line 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
 specify the maximum number of lines to take into account

-.IP "\fB-f <input filename>\fP" 10
-specify a file to search into (option kept for compatibility reasons)

 
 

-.SH "EXAMPLE"
+.SH "EXAMPLES"

 
 

-To use selector to search into your bash history, you can use
+To use selector to search into your bash history

 
 

-.B selector -q -b -i -d -v -w -l 10000 <(history)
+.B selector -q --bash <(history)

 
 

-.SH "KEY-BINDING IN BASH"
+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)
+
+.B selector -v -x ^A <(awk < something.txt \(aq{ print $0\(dq^A\(dqNR }\(aq)
+
+.SH "KEYBINDING IN BASH"

 
 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
 
 
 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
 

-bind '"\\C-[r":"\\C-a\\C-kselector -q -b -i -d -v -w -l 10000 <(history)\\C-m"'
+bind \(aq\(dq\\C-[r\(dq:\(dq\\C-a\\C-kselector --bash <(history)\\C-m\(dq\(aq

 
 

-in your ~/.bashrc.
+in your
+.IR ~/.bashrc .
+
+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.

 
 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.
 
 
 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.
 

-The control character "C-a" puts the cursor to the mostleft location,
-"C-k" erases the current content of the readline buffer, and "C-m"
-simulates the enter key.
-

 .SH "BUGS"
 
 There are modeline display problems if the pattern is too long. This
 program does not handle multibyte characters.
 
 .SH "BUGS"
 
 There are modeline display problems if the pattern is too long. This
 program does not handle multibyte characters.
 

+The \fB-v\fR option does not work on FreeBSD 8.0 since the TIOCSTI
+ioctl request is broken.
+

 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .SH "AUTHOR"

-.PP
-Written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>, and distributed
-under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
+
+Written by Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org> and distributed
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
+published by the Free Software Foundation. This is free software: you
+are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
+extent permitted by law.