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Diffstat (limited to 'smenu.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | smenu.1 | 57 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 20 deletions
@@ -145,21 +145,26 @@ in a word must not necessarily be consecutive. The case is also ignored. +The cursor is placed, if possible, on the first matching word having the +minimum number of gaps between the first and last matching character, +see the difference between the actions of the \fBs\fP/\fBS\fP and +\fBn\fP/\fBN\fP keys below. + This method also tolerates intermediate symbols not appearing in the -words to be ignored. +words which will be ignored. If this is the case, the attributes of the approximatively matching -words are changed into error versions of them to warn the user to this -situation. +words are changed into an error versions of them to warn the user to +this situation. -The erroneous symbols will not be \fBput\fP in the search buffer. +The erroneous symbols will \fInot\fP be inserted in the search buffer. By example: if the word \fBabcdef\fP is present in the standard input, then entering \f(CBabxcdye\fP puts \fBabcdef\fP in the search buffer -and the word is added to the matching list and displayed with an error -attribute (in red by default). +and the word is added to the list of matching words and displayed with +an error attribute (in red by default). This special state will persist until all the symbols following the first -erroneous one are deleted (using backspace) or \fBESC\fP is pressed. +erroneous one are deleted (using backspace) or if \fBESC\fP is pressed. .PP During a search session, the cursor changes and each character entered is added in (or removed from) the search buffer. @@ -182,14 +187,26 @@ depending of the display attributes configured. .PP \fBESC\fP can be used anytime to abort the current search session. \fBENTER\fP and all cursor moves also terminate the search -session but do not clear the list of the matching words. +session but do not clear the list of the matchng words. .PP -The user can then use the \fBn\fP/\fBSPACE\fP keys (forward) and the -\fBN\fP key (backward) to navigate in the matching words list. +The user can then use the \fBn\fP/\fBs\fP/\fBSPACE\fP keys (forward) and +the \fBN\fP/\fBS\fP keys (backward) to navigate in the list of matching +words, + +In \fIfuzzy\fP search mode, the \fBs\fP/\fBS\fP keys attempt to move the +cursor to the next/previous word whose matching part forms a substring +of this word. +If no such matches exist, \fBs\fP/\fBS\fP and \fBn\fP/\fBN\fP do the +same things. +To move the cursor to the next/previous fuzzy match, use the +\fBn\fP/\fBN\fP/\fBSPACE\fP keys. +\fBs\fP means next \fPs\fPubstring match in this context while \fBn\fP +just means \fBn\fPext match. .PP If the user hits the \fBHome\fP or \fBEnd\fP key during a search session -then the matched word list is reduced to the words starting (respectively) -ending with the current search pattern and the window is refreshed. +then the list of matching words is reduced to the words starting +(respectively) ending with the current search pattern and the window +is refreshed. For those who consider \fBHome\fP and \fBEnd\fP as non-intuitive, the \fBCTRL-A\fP and \fBCtrl-Z\fP keys are also available in search mode as an alternative. @@ -205,7 +222,7 @@ Note that when a matching word is selected, its enhanced characters only show one of the multiple matching possibilities. When not in a search session \fBESC\fP can be also used to clear the -matched words list and to reset the search buffer. +list of matching words and to reset the search buffer. .PP In summary, here is the meaning of the special keys in search mode: .TS @@ -214,7 +231,7 @@ lb s s l l c ^ ^ l l lw(6c) c . -Keys which clear the matched words list. +Keys which clear the list of matching words. Key@Meaning@Closes @@the @@search @@ -228,7 +245,7 @@ lb s s l l l ^ ^ l l lw(6c) c . -Keys which keep or update the matched words list. +Keys which keep or update the list of matching words. Key@Meaning@Closes @@the @@search @@ -596,13 +613,13 @@ approximate search field with error. .IP \fIste\fP approximate search text with error. .IP \fImf\fP -matched words field. +matching words field. .IP \fImt\fP -matched words text. +matching words text. .IP \fImfe\fP -matched words field with error. +matching words field with error. .IP \fImte\fP -matched words text with error. +matching words text with error. .IP \fIda\fP direct access tag. .RE @@ -690,7 +707,7 @@ This sequence can be stopped if a \fBstop\fP flag is encountered. .RS \fBflags:\fP .IP * 2 -The optional trailing \fBg\fP (for \fIg\fPlobal) means that all matched +The optional trailing \fBg\fP (for \fIg\fPlobal) means that all matching occurrences shall be replaced and not only the first one. .IP * 2 The optional trailing \fBv\fP (for \fIv\fPisual) means that the altered |