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Alt+q Exit list popup
Ctrl+a Select all (multiselect dialogs)

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* By "outdated" status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
* coreutils: shell scripting glue
* 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)

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