From: schwarze@mdocml.bsd.lv
To: source@mdocml.bsd.lv
Subject: mdocml: Complete the whatis.1 -> apropos.1 merge, in particular
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:52:59 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201408210152.s7L1qx3A030336@krisdoz.my.domain> (raw)
Log Message:
-----------
Complete the whatis.1 -> apropos.1 merge,
in particular regarding HISTORY and AUTHORS.
Modified Files:
--------------
mdocml:
apropos.1
Revision Data
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Index: apropos.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/apropos.1,v
retrieving revision 1.29
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -Lapropos.1 -Lapropos.1 -u -p -r1.29 -r1.30
--- apropos.1
+++ apropos.1
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ utilities query manual page databases ge
evaluating
.Ar expression
for each file in each database.
-By default, it displays the names, section numbers, and description lines
+By default, they display the names, section numbers, and description lines
of all matching manuals.
.Pp
By default,
@@ -349,11 +349,19 @@ The following two invocations are equiva
.Xr re_format 7 ,
.Xr makewhatis 8
.Sh HISTORY
-An
+Part of the functionality of
+.Nm whatis
+was already provided by the former
+.Nm manwhere
+utility in
+.Bx 1 .
+The
.Nm
-utility first appeared in
+and
+.Nm whatis
+utilities first appeared in
.Bx 2 .
-It was rewritten from scratch for
+They were rewritten from scratch for
.Ox 5.6 .
.Pp
The
@@ -373,13 +381,23 @@ and
and
.Fl s
in
-.Ox 4.5 .
+.Ox 4.5
+for
+.Nm
+and in
+.Ox 5.6
+for
+.Nm whatis .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
.An Bill Joy
-wrote the original
+wrote
+.Nm manwhere
+in 1977 and the original
.Bx
.Nm
+and
+.Nm whatis
in February 1979.
The current version was written by
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv
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