Re: pkg-query(8): unknown query format key: '%i'

Reply: Stefan Esser : "Re: pkg-query(8): unknown query format key: '%i'"
In reply to: Graham Perrin : "pkg-query(8): unknown query format key: '%i'"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:06:19 UTC

On 15/08/2023 08:30, Graham Perrin wrote:
> %o works, why does %i not work?
>
>
> % pkg query '%o' sddm
> x11/sddm
> % pkg query '%i' sddm
> Unknown query format key: '%i'
> %
>
>
> <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-query&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports> 
>

Someone responded off-list.

I half-get it now, %i is a variable under 
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-query&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports#EVALUATION_FORMAT>. 

Originally, what I wanted was, to get additional information.

Now, I can't figure out how to use %i as a variable.