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diff --git a/doc/en/manpage.xml b/doc/en/manpage.xml index 3f939ee7..e3ae7046 100644 --- a/doc/en/manpage.xml +++ b/doc/en/manpage.xml @@ -1006,6 +1006,48 @@ i A texlive-latex-extra Conflicts textopo</screen> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id='cmdlineOptionDisableColumns'> + <term><literal>--disable-columns</literal></term> + + <listitem> + <para> + This option causes <literal>aptitude search</literal> to + output its results without any special formatting. In + particular: normally &aptitude; will add whitespace or + truncate search results in an attempt to fit its results + into vertical <quote>columns</quote>. With this flag, + each line will be formed by replacing any format escapes + in the format string with the correponding text; column + widths will be ignored. + </para> + + <para> + For instance, the first few lines of output from <quote><literal>aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns libedataserver</literal></quote> might be: + </para> + + <screen>disksearch 1.2.1-3 +hp-search-mac 0.1.3 +libbsearch-ruby 1.5-5 +libbsearch-ruby1.8 1.5-5 +libclass-dbi-abstractsearch-perl 0.07-2 +libdbix-fulltextsearch-perl 0.73-10</screen> + + <para> + As in the above example, + <literal>--disable-columns</literal> is often useful in + combination with a custom display format set using the + command-line option <link + linkend='cmdlineOptionFormat'><literal>-F</literal></link>. + </para> + + <para> + This corresponds to the configuration option + <literal><link + linkend='configCmdLine-Disable-Columns'>Aptitude::CmdLine::Disable-Columns</link></literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term><literal>-D</literal>, <literal>--show-deps</literal></term> @@ -1058,6 +1100,12 @@ i A texlive-latex-extra Conflicts textopo</screen> </para> <para> + The command-line option <link + linkend='cmdlineOptionDisableColumns'><literal>--disable-columns</literal></link> + is often useful in combination with <literal>-F</literal>. + </para> + + <para> This corresponds to the configuration option <literal><link linkend='configCmdLine-Package-Display-Format'>Aptitude::CmdLine::Package-Display-Format</link></literal>. </para> </listitem> |