doc: discuss "colons in conn= specs" in the manpage

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH SIGROK\-CLI 1 "October 22, 2018"
+.TH SIGROK\-CLI 1 "March 28, 2019"

 .SH "NAME"
 sigrok\-cli \- Command-line client for the sigrok software
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .SH "NAME"
 sigrok\-cli \- Command-line client for the sigrok software
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"


@@ -28,9 +28,17 @@ version and the versions of libraries used.
 Show information about supported hardware drivers, input file
 formats, output file formats, and protocol decoders.
 .TP
 Show information about supported hardware drivers, input file
 formats, output file formats, and protocol decoders.
 .TP

+.B "\-\-list\-supported\-wiki"
+Show information about supported protocol decoders in MediaWiki syntax.
+This is generally only used by developers to easily update the list of
+supported protocol decoders in the sigrok wiki.
+.TP

 \fB\-d, \-\-driver\fP <drivername>
 \fB\-d, \-\-driver\fP <drivername>

-A driver must always be selected (unless doing a global scan). Use the
-.BR "\-L " ( "\-\-list-supported" ")"
+Unless doing a global scan, users typically select one of the available
+drivers. This can speedup program start, and can avoid false matches for
+ambiguous configurations. Selecting a driver also allows to pass more
+driver specific options. Use the
+.BR "\-L " ( "\-\-list\-supported" ")"

 option to get a list of available drivers.
 .sp
 Drivers can take options, in the form \fBkey=value\fP
 option to get a list of available drivers.
 .sp
 Drivers can take options, in the form \fBkey=value\fP


@@ -43,8 +51,10 @@ Openbench Logic Sniffer:
 .RB "  $ " "sigrok\-cli \-\-driver=ols:conn=/dev/ttyACM0" " [...]"
 .sp
 Some USB devices don't use a unique VendorID/ProductID combination, and thus
 .RB "  $ " "sigrok\-cli \-\-driver=ols:conn=/dev/ttyACM0" " [...]"
 .sp
 Some USB devices don't use a unique VendorID/ProductID combination, and thus

-need that specified as well. This also uses the \fBconn\fP option, using
-either \fBVendorID.ProductID\fP or \fBbus.address\fP:
+need that specified as well. Notice that colons are used to separate the
+driver name from the \fBconn\fP option, thus colons cannot be used within the
+\fBconn\fP option's argument. To select a specific USB device, use either
+\fBVendorID.ProductID\fP or \fBbus.address\fP:

 .sp
 USB \fBVendorID.ProductID\fP example:
 .sp
 .sp
 USB \fBVendorID.ProductID\fP example:
 .sp


@@ -54,6 +64,11 @@ USB \fBbus.address\fP example:
 .sp
 .RB "  $ " "sigrok\-cli \-\-driver=uni\-t\-ut61e:conn=4.6" " [...]"
 .TP
 .sp
 .RB "  $ " "sigrok\-cli \-\-driver=uni\-t\-ut61e:conn=4.6" " [...]"
 .TP

+.B "\-D, \-\-dont\-scan"
+Do not automatically scan for device drivers in the absence of a
+.BR "\-d " ( "\-\-driver" )
+specification.
+.TP

 .BR "\-c, \-\-config " <deviceoption>
 A colon-separated list of device options, where each option takes the form
 .BR key=value .
 .BR "\-c, \-\-config " <deviceoption>
 A colon-separated list of device options, where each option takes the form
 .BR key=value .


@@ -300,14 +315,14 @@ Example:
 .sp
 .TP
 .BR "\-A, \-\-protocol\-decoder\-annotations " <annotations>
 .sp
 .TP
 .BR "\-A, \-\-protocol\-decoder\-annotations " <annotations>

-By default, only the stack's topmost protocol decoder's annotation output is
-shown. With this option another decoder's annotation can be selected for
-display, by specifying its ID:
+By default, all annotation output of all protocol decoders is
+shown. With this option a specific decoder's annotations can be selected for
+display, by specifying the decoder ID:

 .sp
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-i <file.sr> \-P i2c,i2cfilter,edid \-A i2c"
 .sp
 .sp
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-i <file.sr> \-P i2c,i2cfilter,edid \-A i2c"
 .sp

-If a protocol decoder has multiple annotations, you can also specify
+If a protocol decoder has multiple annotation classes, you can also specify

 which one of them to show by specifying its short description like this:
 .sp
  $
 which one of them to show by specifying its short description like this:
 .sp
  $


@@ -315,15 +330,24 @@ which one of them to show by specifying its short description like this:
 .br
 .B "              \-A i2c=data\-read"
 .sp
 .br
 .B "              \-A i2c=data\-read"
 .sp

-Select multiple annotations by separating them with a colon:
+Select multiple annotation classes by separating them with a colon:

 .sp
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-i <file.sr> \-P i2c,i2cfilter,edid"
 .br
 .B "              \-A i2c=data\-read:data\-write"
 .sp
 .sp
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-i <file.sr> \-P i2c,i2cfilter,edid"
 .br
 .B "              \-A i2c=data\-read:data\-write"
 .sp

-You can also select multiple protocol decoders, with an optional selected
-annotation each, by separating them with commas:
+Annotation row names will resolve to their respective list of classes.
+Row and class names can be used in combination. When names are ambiguous
+then class names take precedence.
+.sp
+ $
+.B "sigrok\-cli \-i <file.sr> \-P i2c"
+.br
+.B "              \-A i2c=addr\-data:warnings"
+.sp
+You can also select multiple protocol decoders, with optionally selected
+annotation classes each, by separating them with commas:

 .sp
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-i <file.sr> \-P i2c,i2cfilter,edid"
 .sp
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-i <file.sr> \-P i2c,i2cfilter,edid"


@@ -410,6 +434,13 @@ This also works for protocol decoders, input modules and output modules:
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-\-input\-format csv \-\-show
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-\-output\-format bits \-\-show
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-\-input\-format csv \-\-show
  $
 .B "sigrok\-cli \-\-output\-format bits \-\-show

+.sp
+This also works for input files, including optional input format specifications:
+.sp
+ $
+.B "sigrok\-cli \-\-input\-file <file.sr> \-\-show
+ $
+.B "sigrok\-cli \-\-input\-file <file.vcd> \-\-input\-format vcd \-\-show

 .TP
 .B "\-\-scan"
 Scan for devices that can be detected automatically.
 .TP
 .B "\-\-scan"
 Scan for devices that can be detected automatically.