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commit 6a2d6fa9dd9f2dc7ace3069e1d70b5d2a87ce9be
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Sep 12 03:21:52 2026 -0500
[lkbib]: Update/resync usage msg & man synopsis.
* src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.1.man (Synopsis):
* src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp (usage): Rename inscrutable `-t` parameter
from "n" to "maximum-key-length".
* src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp (usage): Rename semi-scrutable `-i`
parameter from "XYZ" to "fields".
---
ChangeLog | 10 ++++++++++
src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.1.man | 2 +-
src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f0a004176..f645f06df 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2026-09-12 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ [lkbib]: Update and resync usage message and man page synopsis.
+
+ * src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.1.man (Synopsis):
+ * src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp (usage): Rename inscrutable `-t`
+ parameter from "n" to "maximum-key-length".
+ * src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp (usage): Rename semi-scrutable `-i`
+ parameter from "XYZ" to "fields".
+
2026-09-10 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp (main): Recast error diagnostic.
diff --git a/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.1.man b/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.1.man
index f6f0ae1d2..d0bb3a2fa 100644
--- a/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.1.man
+++ b/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.1.man
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ lkbib \- search bibliographic databases
.IR file ]
\&.\|.\|.\&
.RB [ \-t\~\c
-.IR n ]
+.IR maximum-key-length ]
.I key
\&.\|.\|.
.YS
diff --git a/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp b/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp
index 2ac4f4081..0d2dbddb7 100644
--- a/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/lkbib/lkbib.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ extern "C" const char *Version_string;
static void usage(FILE *stream)
{
fprintf(stream,
- "usage: %s [-n] [-i XYZ] [-p database] ... [-t N] key ...\n"
+ "usage: %s [-n] [-i fields] [-p database] ... "
+ "[-t maximum-key-length] key ...\n"
"usage: %s {-v | --version}\n"
"usage: %s --help\n",
program_name, program_name, program_name);
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