add initial code for editing the SlackBuild. Seem to work ok but have not yet added ability to build a package using the edited SlackBuild but that is an easy addition. Can also delete the local edited copy of the SlackBuild. The rsync command was also tweaked to exclude the .sbopkg which is the text appended to the local edited SlackBuild. Edited man pages and version number in sbopkg to 0.0.4

src/usr/bin/sbopkg

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SCRIPT=${0##*/}
 DIAG=""
 SBOPKG_CONF="${SBOPKG_CONF:-/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf}"
 CWD="$pwd"
-VER=0.0.3
+VER=0.0.4
 
 sanity_checks () {
 # Check if config file is there and if yes, set some variables
@@ -124,11 +124,13 @@ info_item () {
 APP="$(cat $TMP/sbopkg_item_selection)"
 while [ 0 ]; do
 dialog --title "$APP Information" --menu "Choose an item or press \
-<Cancel> to exit\n" 20 60 5 \
+<Cancel> to exit\n" 20 60 7 \
 "README" "View the README file" \
-"SlackBuild" "View the SlackBuild file" \
 "Info" "View the .info file" \
 "Slack-desc" "View the slack-desc file" \
+"SlackBuild" "View the SlackBuild file" \
+"Edit" "Create and edit a local copy of the SlackBuild file" \
+"Delete" "Delete the local copy of the SlackBuild file" \
 "Build" "Build a package for $APP" 2>$TMP/sbopkg_info_selection
 
 if [ $? = 1 ]; then
@@ -140,10 +142,6 @@ if [ "$S" = "README" ]; then
     dialog --title "Viewing README" \
     --textbox $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/README 0 0
 fi
-if [ "$S" = "SlackBuild" ]; then
-    dialog --title "Viewing SlackBuild" \
-    --textbox $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild 0 0
-fi
 if [ "$S" = "Info" ]; then
     dialog --title "Viewing .info" \
     --textbox $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.info 0 0
@@ -153,6 +151,16 @@ PARSED_SLACK_DESC=$(mktemp $TMP/sbopkg_parsed_slack_desc.XXXXXX)
 sed -n "/^$APP: /s///p" $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/slack-desc > $PARSED_SLACK_DESC
     dialog --title "Viewing Slack-desc" --textbox $PARSED_SLACK_DESC 0 0
 fi
+if [ "$S" = "SlackBuild" ]; then
+    dialog --title "Viewing SlackBuild" \
+    --textbox $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild 0 0
+fi
+if [ "$S" = "Edit" ]; then
+    edit_local_slackbuild $APP
+fi
+if [ "$S" = "Delete" ]; then
+    delete_local_slackbuild $APP
+fi
 if [ "$S" = "Build" ]; then
     check_root
     if [ $ROOT = "false" ]; then
@@ -216,7 +224,7 @@ dialog --title "Displaying $SRCDIR" \
 
 rsync_command () {
 # This function holds the rsync command
-/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --timeout=5 \
+/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --timeout=5 --exclude="*.sbopkg" \
 $RSYNCMIRROR/$SLACKVER/ $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/ 
 rm -rf $TMP/sbopkg_rsync.lck
 }
@@ -274,9 +282,18 @@ SRCNAME=${DOWNLOAD##*/}
 
 show_readme () {
 # Show the package's text files.
+# I am still not happy with how this works and am trying to think
+# of a better way to have these 4 docs available for viewing from the
+# cli.  Maybe have -s just return the readme, as the result of a
+# search, and maybe have another option like -v to view all 4 docs?
+# Also, maybe have a way for the user to choose which of the 4 docs he
+# wants to view?  Or have a menu listing the 4 docs?  Undecided.
 SBODOCS="README $PKGNAME.SlackBuild $PKGNAME.info slack-desc"
 for i in $SBODOCS; do
+    echo
+    echo "Viewing "$i":"
     ${PAGER:-more} $PKGPATH/$i
+    read # This was added because README was scrolling past too quickly
 done
 return 0
 }
@@ -317,6 +334,41 @@ rm -rf $TMP/sbopkg_build.lck
 cd $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER
 }
 
+edit_local_slackbuild () {
+# This function allows the user to create and edit a local copy of the
+# SlackBuild
+check_write $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP
+if [ "$WRITE" = "false" ]; then
+    dialog --title "ERROR" --msgbox "You do not have write \
+permissions on the target directory." 0 0
+    continue
+fi
+if [ ! -e $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild.sbopkg ]; then
+    cp $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild \
+    $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild.sbopkg
+fi
+${EDITOR:-vi} $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild.sbopkg
+}
+
+delete_local_slackbuild () {
+# This function allows the user to delete the local SlackBuild
+check_write $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP
+if [ "$WRITE" = "false" ]; then
+    dialog --title "ERROR" --msgbox "You do not have write \
+permissions on the target directory." 0 0
+    continue
+fi
+if [ ! -e $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild.sbopkg ]; then
+    dialog --title "ERROR" --msgbox "There is no local copy of the \
+SlackBuild to delete." 0 0
+    continue
+else
+    rm $LOCALREPO/$SLACKVER/$CATEGORY/$APP/$APP.SlackBuild.sbopkg
+    dialog --title "DONE" --msgbox "The local copy of the SlackBuild \
+has been deleted." 0 0
+fi
+}
+
 cleanup () {
 rm -rf $TMP/sbopkg_*
 cd $CWD

src/usr/man/man5/sbopkg.conf.5

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH SBOPKG.CONF 5 "Mar 2008" sbopkg-0.0.3 ""
+.TH SBOPKG.CONF 5 "Mar 2008" sbopkg-0.0.4 ""
 .SH NAME
 .B sbopkg.conf
 \- Configuration file for sbopkg

src/usr/man/man8/sbopkg.8

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH SBOPKG 8 "Mar 2008" sbopkg-0.0.3 ""
+.TH SBOPKG 8 "Mar 2008" sbopkg-0.0.4 ""
 .SH NAME
 .B sbopkg
 \ - The SlackBuilds.org Package Browser