[khelpcenter] [Bug 465451] New: Man page search results limited to first ten

[Kevin Coonan]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465451

            Bug ID: 465451
           Summary: Man page search results limited to first ten
    Classification: Applications
           Product: khelpcenter
           Version: 5.8.22121
          Platform: openSUSE
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kde-doc-english at kde.org
          Reporter: kevin.coonan at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
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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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