#!/bin/bash
#
# help_searchIndex.sh -- This function does an index search inside the
# info document.
#
# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Alain Reguera Delgado
# 
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# 
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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#
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# USA.
# 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# $Id$
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

function help_searchIndex {

    # Define search pattern format
    local PATTERN='^[[:alnum:],]+$'

    # Re-define default REGEX value. If the regular expression was not
    # provided in the third argument its value is set to '.+' which is
    # not very useful in info --index-search contest. So, re-define
    # this value to an empty value ('').
    if [[ ! $REGEX =~ $PATTERN ]];then
        cli_printMessage "`gettext "Enter the search pattern:"` " "AsRequestLine"
        read REGEX
    fi

    # Validate search pattern. In this (help_searchIndex) function
    # contest, the REGEX variable is used as info search pattern, not
    # a regular expression pattern.
    if [[ ! "$REGEX" =~ $PATTERN ]];then
        cli_printMessage "`gettext "The search pattern is not valid."`"
        cli_printMessage "$(caller)" "AsToKnowMoreLine"
    fi

    # There is no need to check the entry inside documentation
    # structure here.  Just provide a word to look if there is any
    # index matching in the info document.
    /usr/bin/info --index-search="$REGEX" --file=${MANUALS_FILE[4]}

}