#981703 slop: Improve man page for better apropos results

Package:
slop
Source:
slop
Description:
queries for a selection from the user and prints the region to stdout
Submitter:
GSR
Date:
2022-04-07 17:36:08 UTC
Severity:
minor
Tags:
#981703#5
Date:
2021-02-03 00:16:10 UTC
From:
To:
Hello:

The man page could be improved to have better apropos(1) results. IOW,
to make the program appear with search terms that come to mind first,
as "select operation" is true but too abstract. See attached patch.

Background: managed to find forgotten maim(1) via slop, but realized
both have rather short name blocks, making them rather invisible to
apropos unless you get the right word (of two possible). man -K uses
full man page text (slow, also in the sense of having to hit C-d many
times), while man -k or apropos seem to only use the one line name
part.

Cheers,
GSR

#981703#10
Date:
2021-02-06 01:21:18 UTC
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Control: tag -1 +moreinfo

Would you mind submitting this upstream at:

https://github.com/naelstrof/slop/pulls

It seems silly to carry such a patch only in Debian...

Thanks!

#981703#17
Date:
2021-02-06 01:21:18 UTC
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To:
Control: tag -1 +moreinfo

Would you mind submitting this upstream at:

https://github.com/naelstrof/slop/pulls

It seems silly to carry such a patch only in Debian...

Thanks!