editing pass of short descriptions

and fix some short description parsing

docs/plugins/jobutils.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Tags:
 :dfhack-keybind:`job-duplicate`
 :dfhack-keybind:`job-material`
 
+Inspect or modify details of workshop jobs.
+
 Usage:
 
 ``job``

docs/plugins/pathable.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pathable
 ========
 
-Provides a Lua API for marking tiles that are reachable from the cursor.
+Marks tiles that are reachable from the cursor. This plugin provides a Lua API,
+but no direct commands.
 
 See `pathable-api` for details.

docs/plugins/prospector.rst

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ prospector
 Tags:
 :dfhack-keybind:`prospect`
 
-Shows a summary of resources that exist on the map or an estimate of resources
+Shows a summary of resources that exist on the map. It can also calculate an
-available in the selected embark area.
+estimate of resources available in the selected embark area.
 
 Usage::
 

docs/plugins/resume.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 resume
 ======
 Tags:
-:dfhack-keybind:``
+:dfhack-keybind:`resume`
 
 Color planned buildings based on their suspend status. When enabled, this plugin
 will display a colored 'X' over suspended buildings. When run as a command, it

docs/plugins/search.rst

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ search
 ======
 Tags:
 
-The search plugin adds search capabilities to the Stocks, Animals, Trading,
+Adds search capabilities to the UI. The Stocks, Animals, Trading, Stockpile,
-Stockpile, Noble (assignment candidates), Military (position candidates),
+Noble (assignment candidates), Military (position candidates), Burrows (unit
-Burrows (unit list), Rooms, Announcements, Job List, and Unit List screens.
+list), Rooms, Announcements, Job List, and Unit List screens all get hotkeys
+that allow you to dynamically filter the displayed lists.
 
 Usage::
 

docs/plugins/xlsxreader.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 xlsxreader
 ==========
 
-Provides a Lua API for reading .xlsx files.
+Provides a Lua API for reading xlsx files.
 
 See `xlsxreader-api` for details.

library/lua/helpdb.lua

@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ end
 --                             value is the comment character.)
 local function update_entry(entry, iterator, opts)
     opts = opts or {}
-    local lines = {}
+    local lines, tags = {}, ''
     local first_line_is_short_help = opts.first_line_is_short_help
     local begin_marker_found,header_found = not opts.begin_marker,opts.no_header
     local tags_found, short_help_found = false, opts.skip_short_help
-    local in_short_help = false
+    local in_tags, in_keybinding, in_short_help = false, false, false
     for line in iterator do
         if not short_help_found and first_line_is_short_help then
             line = line:trim()
@@ -179,16 +179,21 @@ local function update_entry(entry, iterator, opts)
         end
         if not header_found and line:find('%w') then
             header_found = true
-        elseif not tags_found and line:find('^[*]*Tags:[*]* [%w, ]+$') then
+        elseif in_tags then
-            local _,_,tags = line:trim():find('[*]*Tags:[*]* *(.*)')
+            if #line == 0 then
-            entry.tags = {}
+                in_tags = false
-            for _,tag in ipairs(tags:split('[ ,]+')) do
+            else
-                entry.tags[tag] = true
+                tags = tags .. line
             end
-            tags_found = true
+        elseif not tags_found and line:find('^[*]*Tags:[*]*') then
+            _,_,tags = line:trim():find('[*]*Tags:[*]* *(.*)')
+            in_tags, tags_found = true, true
+        elseif in_keybinding then
+            if #line == 0 then in_keybinding = false end
+        elseif line:find('^[*]*Keybinding:') then
+            in_keybinding = true
         elseif not short_help_found and
-                not line:find('^[*]*Keybinding:') and
+                line:find('^%w') then
-                line:find('%w') then
             if in_short_help then
                 entry.short_help = entry.short_help .. ' ' .. line
             else
@@ -205,6 +210,10 @@ local function update_entry(entry, iterator, opts)
         table.insert(lines, line)
         ::continue::
     end
+    entry.tags = {}
+    for _,tag in ipairs(tags:split('[ ,]+')) do
+        entry.tags[tag] = true
+    end
     if #lines > 0 then
         entry.long_help = table.concat(lines, '\n')
     end