Bug 465451 - Man page search results limited to first ten
Summary: Man page search results limited to first ten
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: khelpcenter
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.8.22121
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Documentation Editorial Team
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Reported: 2023-02-07 22:54 UTC by Kevin Coonan
Modified: 2023-02-07 22:54 UTC (History)
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Description Kevin Coonan 2023-02-07 22:54:06 UTC
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Search for something in KDE Help Center that has more than ten relevant man pages (e.g. search for "search", apropos returns 141 man page listings).


OBSERVED RESULT
The first ten man pages returned by apropos are shown.
* There is no indication that there are more than ten man pages found.
* There is no way to change how many man pages are shown.
* There is no way to scroll down/view addition matching results
* There is no way to further limit the search via a useful function (e.g. by section, i.e. type of man page--header filels, executables/shell commands, system calls, library calls, files, sysadmin stuff, etc. etc.)
* Right clicking and selecting "Next Page" / Ctrl+PageDn / PageDn / or clicking on "Find Next" have no effect

EXPECTED RESULT
(1) Indicate the number of found man pages
(2) Let the user configure how many man pages to show at one time
(3) Provide means for the user to scroll through the various man pages
(4) Have an option "Restriction man pages to section:" and then have a check box (so you can, for example, look at man pages in section 1 and 8) that lists each section by section number *and name* (because newbies don't know what '(1p)' means.)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma:  6.1.6-1 x86_64 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230118, KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5  
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version:  5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: KDE Frameworks  Version 5.102.0
Qt Version: Qt Version 5.15.8 

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