Similar to apropos(1), whatis did not utilise the mandb_links table till now.
Therefore, if it was asked about one of the links to a man page, it would
error out. This change teaches whatis(1) to look up both the FTS table
as well as the links table, thus ensuring that it is able to answer queries
about MLINKS as well.
Comparision between outputs before this change and after this change:
#Before change
$ whatis realloc
realloc: not found
#after change
$ ./whatis realloc
realloc(3) - general memory allocation operations
realloc(3) - general purpose memory allocation functions
realloc(9) - general-purpose kernel memory allocator
apropos(1) only indexes the first .Nm entry from the NAME section in the full
text index. Rest of the .Nm entries are stored in a separate table: mandb_links.
Till now apropos(1) did not use the mandb_links table. So whenever a query
was being made for one of the man page links, such as realloc(3), it was showing
malloc(3) in the results but not as the first result. And, also the result would
show up as malloc(3), rather than realloc(3) (which can be confusing).
With this change, for single keyword queries, apropos(1) would now utilise the
mandb_links table as well. If the query is for one of the links of a man page,
it would show as the first result. Also, the result would show up as the name
of the link rather than the original man page name. For example, if the query
was for realloc, the output would be realloc(3), rather than malloc(3).
Following are some example queries showing difference in the output before this
change and after this change:
#Before changes
$ apropos -n 5 -M realloc
reallocarr (3) reallocate array
reallocarray (3) reallocate memory for an array of elements checking
for overflow
fgetwln (3) get a line of wide characters from a stream
fgetln (3) get a line from a stream
posix_memalign (3) aligned memory allocation
#After changes
$ ./apropos -n 5 -M realloc
realloc (3) general memory allocation operations
realloc (3) general purpose memory allocation functions
realloc (9) general-purpose kernel memory allocator
reallocarr (3) reallocate array
reallocarray (3) reallocate memory for an array of elements checking
for overflow
#Before changes
$ apropos -n 5 -M TAILQ_REMOVE
SLIST_HEAD (3) implementations of singly-linked lists, lists, simple
queues, tail queues, and singly-linked tail queues
#After changes
$ ./apropos -n 5 -M TAILQ_REMOVE
TAILQ_REMOVE (3) implementations of singly-linked lists, lists,
simple queues, tail queues, and singly-linked tail queues
#Before changes
$ apropos -n 5 -M falloc
filedesc (9) file descriptor tables and operations
file (9) operations on file entries
#After changes
$ ./apropos -n 5 -M falloc
falloc (9) file descriptor tables and operations
file (9) operations on file entries
ok christos@
Incompatible Changes
====================
* Key tables have undergone major changes. Mode key tables are no longer
separate from the main key tables. All mode key tables have been removed,
together with the -t flag to bind-key and unbind-key.
The emacs-edit, vi-edit, emacs-choose and vi-choose tables have been replaced
by fixed key bindings in the command prompt and choose modes. The mode-keys
and status-keys options remain.
The emacs-copy and vi-copy tables have been replaced by the copy-mode and
copy-mode-vi tables. Commands are sent using the -X and -N flags to
send-keys. So the following:
bind -temacs-copy C-Up scroll-up
bind -temacs-copy -R5 WheelUpPane scroll-up
Becomes:
bind -Tcopy-mode C-Up send -X scroll-up
bind -Tcopy-mode WheelUpPane send -N5 -X scroll-up
This changes allows the full command parser (including command sequences) and
command set to be used - for example, the normal command prompt with editing
and history is now used for searching, jumping, and so on instead of a custom
one. The default C-r binding is now:
bind -Tcopy-mode C-r command-prompt -p'search up' "send -X search-backward '%%'"
There are also some new commmands available with send -X, such as
copy-pipe-and-cancel.
* set-remain-on-exit has gone -- can be achieved with hooks instead.
* Hooks: before hooks have been removed and only a selection of commands now
have after hooks (they are no longer automatic). Additional hooks have been
added.
* The xterm-keys option now defaults to on.
Normal Changes
==============
* Support for mouse double and triple clicks.
* BCE (Background Colour Erase) is now supported.
* All occurrences of a search string in copy mode are now highlighted;
additionally, the number of search results is displayed. The highlighting
updates interactively with the default emacs key bindings (incremental
search).
* source-file now understands glob patterns.
* Formats now have simple comparisons:
#{==:a,b}
#{!=:a,b}
* There are the following new formats:
- #{version} -- the tmux server version;
- #{client_termtype} -- the terminal type of the client;
- #{client_name} -- the name of a client;
- #{client_written} -- the number of bytes written to the client.
* The configuration file now accepts %if/%endif conditional blocks which are
processed when it is parsed; the argument is a format string (useful with the
new format comparison options).
* detach-client now has -E to execute a command replacing the client instead of
exiting.
* Add support for custom command aliases, this is an array option which
contains items of the form "alias=command". This is consulted when an
unknown command is parsed.
* break-pane now has -n to specify the new window name.
* OSC 52 support has been added for programs inside tmux to set a tmux buffer.
* The mouse "all event" mode (1003) is now supported.
* Palette setting is now possible (OSC 4 and 104).
* Strikethrough support (a recent terminfo is required).
* Grouped sessions can now be named (new -t).
* terminal-overrides and update-environment are now array options (the previous
set -ag syntax should work without change).
* There have been substantial performance improvements.
CHANGES FROM 2.2 to 2.3 29 September 2016
Incompatible Changes
====================
None.
Normal Changes
==============
* New option 'pane-border-status' to add text in the pane borders.
* Support for hooks on commands: 'after' and 'before' hooks.
* 'source-file' understands '-q' to suppress errors for nonexistent files.
* Lots of UTF8 improvements, especially on MacOS.
* 'window-status-separator' understands #[] expansions.
* 'split-window' understands '-f' for performing a full-width split.
* Allow report count to be specified when using 'bind-key -R'.
* 'set -a' for appending to user options (@foo) is now supported.
* 'display-panes' can now accept a command to run, rather than always
selecting the pane.
