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| author | Marc André Tanner <mat@brain-dump.org> | 2016-12-08 10:42:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Marc André Tanner <mat@brain-dump.org> | 2016-12-08 10:42:09 +0100 |
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diff --git a/man/vis-open.1 b/man/vis-open.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..299f0d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/vis-open.1 @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +.Dd November 29, 2016 +.Dt VIS-OPEN 1 +.Os Vis VERSION +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm vis-open +.Nd Interactively select a file to open +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm vis-open +.Op Fl p Ar prompt +.Op Fl f +.Op Ar -- +.Op Ar files +.Pp +.Nm vis-open +.Fl h | +.Fl -help +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm vis-open +takes a list of filenames and directories on the command-line +and displays them in a menu for the user to select one. +If the user selects a directory +(including +.Li .. ) , +the directory contents are displayed as a fresh menu. +Once the user has selected a filename, +its absolute path is printed to standard output. +.Pp +.Nm vis-open +uses +.Xr vis-menu 1 +as its user-interface, +so see that page for more details. +. +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Fl p Ar prompt +Display +.Ar prompt +before the list of items. +This is passed straight through to +.Xr vis-menu 1 . +.It Fl f +Normally, +if +.Nm vis-open +is provided with a single filename or directory argument, +it will automatically select it +(printing the filename to standard output, +or presenting a new menu with the contents of the directory). +If +.Fl f +is provided, +.Nm vis-open +will always present the arguments it's given, +even if there's only one. +.It Fl - +If this token is encountered before the first non-option argument, +all following arguments will be treated as menu-items, +even if they would otherwise be valid command-line options. +.Pp +If encountered after the first non-option argument, +or after a previous instance of +.Li -- +it is treated as a menu-item. +.It Ar files +File and directory names to be presented to the user. +If a name does not exist on the filesystem +and the user selects it, +it is treated as a file. +.It Fl h | Fl -help +If present, +.Nm vis-open +prints a usage summary and exits, +ignoring any other flag and arguments. +.El +. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std vis-open +.Pp +In particular, +like +.Xr vis-menu 1 , +.Nm vis-open +prints nothing and sets its exit status to 1 +if the user refused to select a file. +. +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal -offset indent +CHOICE=$(vis-open -p "Select a file to stat") +if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then + echo "No selection was made, or an error occurred" +else + stat "$CHOICE" +fi +.Ed +. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr vis 1 , +.Xr vis-menu 1 +. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An "Marc Andr\('e Tanner" Aq mat@brain-dump.org +. +.Sh BUGS +Because +.Nm vis-open +uses +.Xr ls 1 +to obtain the contents of a directory, +weird things might happen if you have control-characters in your filenames. |
