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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.ig
-Copyright (C) 1989-2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1989-2000, 2001, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ versions, except that this permission notice may be included in
translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in
the original English.
..
+.
+.
.TH @G@LOOKBIB @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
+.
+.
.SH NAME
@g@lookbib \- search bibliographic databases
+.
+.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B @g@lookbib
[
@@ -31,14 +37,19 @@ the original English.
.BI \-t n
]
.IR filename \|.\|.\|.
+.
.PP
It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
parameter.
+.
+.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-@g@lookbib prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not a terminal),
+.B @g@lookbib
+prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not
+a terminal),
reads from the standard input a line containing a set of keywords,
searches the bibliographic databases
-.IR filename \|.\|.\|.
+.IR filename \|.\|.\|.\&
for references containing those keywords,
prints any references found on the standard output,
and repeats this process until the end of input.
@@ -51,15 +62,19 @@ created by
.BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
exists, then it will be searched instead;
each index can cover multiple databases.
+.
+.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v
Print the version number.
+.
.TP
.BI \-i string
When searching files for which no index exists,
ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
.IR string .
+.
.TP
.BI \-t n
Only require the first
@@ -67,11 +82,15 @@ Only require the first
characters of keys to be given.
Initially
.I n
-is 6.
+is\~6.
+.
+.
.SH FILES
.TP \w'\fIfilename\fB@INDEX_SUFFIX@'u+2n
.IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
Index files.
+.
+.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@),
.BR lkbib (@MAN1EXT@),