From: Francois Fleuret Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:55:33 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Changed slightly the introduction. X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=70e0b59610745e00fe015f96a5b6155f97110b30;p=selector.git Changed slightly the introduction. --- diff --git a/selector.1 b/selector.1 index 35ffaa2..6663558 100644 --- a/selector.1 +++ b/selector.1 @@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ selector \- A simple command line utility for dynamic pattern selection .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