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@include version.texi
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2013, 2014 Andreas Enge@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Nikita Karetnikov@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Mathieu Lirzin@*
@@ -1462,6 +1462,21 @@ name: gmp
@dots{}
@end example
+It is also possible to refine search results using several @code{-s}
+flags. For example, the following command returns a list of board
+games:
+
+@example
+$ guix package -s '\<board\>' -s game | recsel -p name
+name: gnubg
+@dots{}
+@end example
+
+If we were to omit @code{-s game}, we would also get software packages
+that deal with printed circuit boards; removing the angle brackets
+around @code{board} would further add packages that have to do with
+keyboards.
+
@item --show=@var{package}
Show details about @var{package}, taken from the list of available packages, in
@code{recutils} format (@pxref{Top, GNU recutils databases,, recutils, GNU