#!/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 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
# USA.
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# $Id$
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
function help_searchIndex {
# Define search pattern format.
local PATTERN='^[[:alnum:],]+$'
# Define default search string.
local SEARCH=''
# Define short options we want to support.
local ARGSS=""
# Define long options we want to support.
local ARGSL="filter:"
# Parse arguments using getopt(1) command parser.
cli_doParseArguments
# reset positional parameters using output from (getopt) argument
# parser.
eval set -- "$ARGUMENTS"
# Define action to take for each option passed.
while true; do
case "$1" in
--filter )
SEARCH="$2"
shift 2
;;
* )
break
esac
done
# Re-define default SEARCH value. If the search string is not
# provided as `--filter' argument, ask user to provide one.
if [[ ! $SEARCH =~ $PATTERN ]];then
cli_printMessage "`gettext "Enter the search pattern"`" "AsRequestLine"
read SEARCH
fi
# Validate search string using search pattern.
if [[ ! "$SEARCH" =~ $PATTERN ]];then
cli_printMessage "`gettext "The search pattern is not valid."`" 'AsErrorLine'
cli_printMessage "$(caller)" "AsToKnowMoreLine"
fi
# Perform index search inside documentation info file.
/usr/bin/info --index-search="$SEARCH" --file=${MANUALS_FILE[4]}
}