X-Git-Url: https://fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=selector.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=selector.1;h=fa215b00c61d95145fe1327b8d50bb8819cebed9;hp=7f0ce8cd7692f848665002131b002833b1bc8e1d;hb=c6f848650dccbecb05229e86c180bd7837872185;hpb=2f902779571a1dee1e6b5ac4925efd47564f7497 diff --git a/selector.1 b/selector.1 index 7f0ce8c..fa215b0 100644 --- a/selector.1 +++ b/selector.1 @@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ 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. +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 bidding. The -v option will inject the selected +line into the tty input buffer, 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: the part of @@ -126,6 +127,6 @@ program does not handle multibyte characters. .SH "AUTHOR" The selector command was written by Francois Fleuret - and is distributed under the under the terms of -the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free -Software Foundation. + and is distributed under the terms of the GNU +General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software +Foundation.