Hello,
Here's a patch that adds -k to `info' as an alias for the --apropos
option. The idea here is that users of `man' will find `info' a
little more familiar and usable.
regards,
Ben
diff -uNrd texinfo.orig/doc/info-stnd.texi texinfo/doc/info-stnd.texi
--- texinfo.orig/doc/info-stnd.texi 2007-12-29 20:35:48.000000000 -0500
+++ texinfo/doc/info-stnd.texi 2007-12-31 20:44:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
@table @code
@anchor{--apropos}
@item [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -k @var{string}
@cindex Searching all indices
@cindex Info [EMAIL PROTECTED], searching all indices}
@cindex [EMAIL PROTECTED], in Info files}
diff -uNrd texinfo.orig/info/info.c texinfo/info/info.c
--- texinfo.orig/info/info.c 2007-12-29 20:35:49.000000000 -0500
+++ texinfo/info/info.c 2007-12-31 20:55:53.000000000 -0500
@@ -94,12 +94,11 @@
/* Structure describing the options that Info accepts. We pass this structure
to getopt_long (). If you add or otherwise change this structure, you must
also change the string which follows it. */
-#define APROPOS_OPTION 1
#define DRIBBLE_OPTION 2
#define RESTORE_OPTION 3
#define IDXSRCH_OPTION 4
static struct option long_options[] = {
- { "apropos", 1, 0, APROPOS_OPTION },
+ { "apropos", 1, 0, 'k' },
{ "directory", 1, 0, 'd' },
{ "dribble", 1, 0, DRIBBLE_OPTION },
{ "file", 1, 0, 'f' },
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@
#endif /* __MSDOS__ */
/* User has specified a string to search all indices for. */
- case APROPOS_OPTION:
+ case 'k':
apropos_p = 1;
maybe_free (apropos_search_string);
apropos_search_string = xstrdup (optarg);
@@ -603,7 +602,7 @@
Read documentation in Info format.\n\
\n\
Options:\n\
- --apropos=STRING look up STRING in all indices of all manuals.\n\
+ -k, --apropos=STRING look up STRING in all indices of all manuals.\n\
-d, --directory=DIR add DIR to INFOPATH.\n\
--dribble=FILENAME remember user keystrokes in FILENAME.\n\
-f, --file=FILENAME specify Info file to visit.\n\
