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README.md

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+SYNOPSIS
+
+    pacbro.pl [--aur]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+    This is terminal based package browser for Arch Linux
+    with extensive filtering capabilities.
+
+OPTIONS
+
+    --aur
+        Include AUR packages. Package loading and navigation are
+        slower. NOTE. "yay" needs to be installed in order to use
+        this feature.
+
+    --help | -h
+        help! I need somebody!
+
+ABOUT
+
+    The main list on the left displays the loaded list of packages.
+    If can be filtered by either package name typed into the
+    search box on the top of the list, of with one of canned
+    filters described below. The list is assembled with the help
+    of "pacman" and "yay" if executed with the "--aur" option.
+
+    The top panel displays one of the following:
+    * package information fetched with pacman -Qi|-Si
+    * selected package file contents or type
+
+    The bottom panels display:
+    * related package lists
+    * list of files installed from the package
+    The contents of these panels can be chosen via main menu or
+    key bindings
+
+    The following common single/multiple choice filters available:
+    * By repository
+    * By installation type (Explicit/As Dependency)
+    * By "outdated" status
+    * By file path provided by the installed package (RegEx)
+    * By package details (RegEx)
+
+    This program does not have package management capabilities
+    (not yet) and can run as any unprivileged user.
+
+    Fun fact: it was tested to fit and run in 80x24 green text
+    terminal, although I hope you have a better screen.
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+
+    This program relies on the following utilities:
+    * perl: this program is a perl script
+    * tmux: multi-pane terminal interface with resizable areas
+    * fzf: used for displaying various lists and option dialogs
+    * less: for simple text viewing
+    * pacman: reads package information
+    * bash: readline based regex filter input
+    * cat: reading files from shell commands
+    * yay: needed when AUR feature is enabled via '--aur'
+
+AUR
+
+    For AUR packages to be loaded, "yay" must be installed and
+    "--aur" argument passed to this program.
+
+    It is impractical to load details of all packages in AUR,
+    there are just too many of them. This means search by package
+    details doesn't work for not installed AUR packages.
+
+    For the same reason auto display of package details is disabled,
+    when AUR listing is on. You need to explicitly hit <Enter> on
+    the package in order to fetch package details from the web.
+
+KEYBINDINGS
+
+    Main screen keebindings
+
+    Ctrl+c	Exit pacbro
+    Alt+q	Exit pacbro
+    Alt+Left	Back in package view history
+    Alt+Right	Forward in package view history
+    Ctrl+Left	Focus pane 🠜
+    Ctrl+Up	Focus pane 🠝
+    Ctrl+Down	Focus pane 🠟
+    Ctrl+Right	Focus pane 🠞
+    Alt+v	Detail View/Layout
+    Alt+r	Select Repos
+    Alt+i	Installed Status Filter
+    Alt+o	Outdated Status Filter
+    Alt+f	Search filenames
+    Alt+d	Search package details
+    Alt+m	Main Menu
+    Alt+k	Keyboard Shortcuts
+    Alt+?	Help / About
+
+    In list/selection popup dialogs:
+
+    Alt+q	Exit list popup
+    Ctrl+a	Select all (multiselect dialogs)
+

install.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
+sudo install -m 0755 "$DIR/pacbro.pl" "/usr/bin/pacbro"