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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- |
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2 @c %**start of header |
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3 @setfilename ../info/woman |
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4 @settitle WoMan: Browse Unix Manual Pages ``W.O. (without) Man'' |
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10 @c With different size paper the printed page breaks will need attention! |
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16 @copying |
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17 This file documents WoMan: A program to browse Unix manual pages `W.O. |
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18 (without) man'. |
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20 Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, |
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24 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
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25 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or |
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26 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no |
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27 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU |
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28 Manual,'' and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the |
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29 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation |
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32 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify |
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33 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free |
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34 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.'' |
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36 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free |
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37 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document |
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38 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the |
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39 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license. |
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40 @end quotation |
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41 @end copying |
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43 @dircategory Emacs |
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44 @direntry |
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45 * WoMan: (woman). Browse UN*X Manual Pages "W.O. (without) Man". |
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48 @finalout |
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50 @titlepage |
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51 @title WoMan |
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52 @subtitle Browse Unix Manual Pages ``W.O. (without) Man'' |
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53 @subtitle Software Version @value{VERSION} |
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54 @author Francis J. Wright |
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55 @sp 2 |
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56 @author School of Mathematical Sciences |
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57 @author Queen Mary and Westfield College |
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58 @author (University of London) |
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63 @sp 2 |
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64 @author Manual Last Updated @value{UPDATED} |
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66 @comment The following two commands start the copyright page. |
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67 @page |
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69 @insertcopying |
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70 @end titlepage |
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72 @contents |
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74 @c =================================================================== |
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79 @top WoMan: Browse Unix Manual Pages ``W.O. (without) Man'' |
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81 @display |
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82 Software Version @value{VERSION} |
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83 Manual Last Updated @value{UPDATED} |
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85 @email{F.J.Wright@@qmw.ac.uk, Francis J. Wright} |
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86 @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/, School of Mathematical Sciences} |
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87 Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London) |
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88 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK |
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89 @end display |
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92 @menu |
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95 * Finding:: Finding and Formatting Man Pages |
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96 * Browsing:: Browsing Man Pages |
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97 * Customization:: Customization |
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98 * Log:: The *WoMan-Log* Buffer |
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99 * Technical:: Technical Details |
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100 * Bugs:: Reporting Bugs |
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101 * Acknowledgements:: Acknowledgements |
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105 * Keystroke Index:: Keystroke Index |
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107 @end menu |
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116 This version of WoMan should run with GNU Emacs 20.3 or later on any |
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117 platform. It has not been tested, and may not run, with any other |
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122 WoMan is distributed with GNU Emacs. In addition, the current source |
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124 @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/WoMan/, the WoMan web |
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125 server}. |
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131 the whole of the @code{roff -man} macro package, plus those @code{roff} |
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144 small- and medium-size pages). |
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154 WoMan supports the use of compressed man files via |
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155 @code{auto-compression-mode} by turning it on if necessary. But you may |
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156 need to adjust the user option @code{woman-file-compression-regexp}. |
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157 @xref{Interface Options, , Interface Options}. |
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160 which begin with the prefix @code{woman-} (or occasionally |
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161 @code{WoMan-}), is available most easily by loading WoMan and then |
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162 either running the command @code{woman-mini-help} or selecting the WoMan |
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163 menu option @samp{Mini Help}. |
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166 @email{F.J.Wright@@qmw.ac.uk, let me know} what doesn't work---I am |
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167 adding and improving functionality as testing shows that it is |
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168 necessary. Guidance on reporting bugs is given below. @xref{Bugs, , |
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178 WoMan is a browser for traditional Unix-style manual page documentation. |
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179 Each such document is conventionally referred to as a @dfn{manual page}, |
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180 or @dfn{man page} for short, even though some are very much longer than |
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181 one page. A man page is a document written using the Unix ``man'' |
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182 macros, which are themselves written in the nroff/troff text processing |
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183 markup language. @code{nroff} and @code{troff} are text processors |
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184 originally written for the UNIX operating system by Joseph F. Ossanna at |
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185 Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA@. They are closely |
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186 related, and except in the few cases where the distinction between them |
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187 is important I will refer to them both ambiguously as @code{roff}. |
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189 @code{roff} markup consists of @dfn{requests} and @dfn{escape |
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190 sequences}. A request occupies a complete line and begins with either a |
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191 period or a single forward quote. An escape sequences is embedded |
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192 within the input text and begins (by default) with a backslash. The |
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193 original man macro package defines 20 new @code{roff} requests |
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194 implemented as macros, which were considered to be sufficient for |
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195 writing man pages. But whilst in principle man pages use only the man |
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196 macros, in practice a significant number use many other @code{roff} |
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197 requests. |
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199 The distinction between @code{troff} and @code{nroff} is that |
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200 @code{troff} was designed to drive a phototypesetter whereas |
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201 @code{nroff} was designed to produce essentially @acronym{ASCII} output for a |
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202 character-based device similar to a teletypewriter (usually abbreviated |
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203 to ``teletype'' or ``tty''). Hence, @code{troff} supports much finer |
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204 control over output positioning than does @code{nroff} and can be seen |
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205 as a forerunner of @TeX{}. Traditionally, man pages are either |
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206 formatted by @code{troff} for typesetting or by @code{nroff} for |
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207 printing on a character printer or displaying on a screen. Of course, |
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208 over the last 25 years or so, the distinction between typeset output on |
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209 paper and characters on a screen has become blurred by the fact that |
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210 most screens now support bit-mapped displays, so that any information |
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211 that can be printed can also be rendered on screen, the only difference |
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214 Nevertheless, Unix-style manual page documentation is still normally |
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215 browsed on screen by running a program called @code{man}. This program |
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216 looks in a predefined set of directories for the man page matching a |
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217 specified topic, then either formats the source file by running |
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218 @code{nroff} or recovers a pre-formatted file, and displays it via a |
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219 pager such as @code{more}. @code{nroff} normally formats for a printer, |
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220 so it paginates the output, numbers the pages, etc., most of which is |
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221 irrelevant when the document is browsed as a continuous scrollable |
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222 document on screen. The only concession to on-screen browsing normally |
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223 implemented by the @code{man} program is to squeeze consecutive blank |
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224 lines into a single blank line. |
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226 For some time, Emacs has offered an improved interface for browsing man |
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227 pages in the form of the Emacs @code{man} (or @code{manual-entry}) |
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228 command, see @ref{Documentation, man, Documentation Commands, emacs, GNU |
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229 Emacs Manual}. |
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230 This command runs @code{man} as described above, perhaps in |
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231 the background, and then post-processes the output to remove much of the |
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232 @code{nroff} pagination such as page headers and footers, and places the |
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233 result into an Emacs buffer. It puts this buffer into a special major |
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234 mode, which is tailored for man page browsing, and provides a number of |
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235 useful navigation commands, support for following references, etc. It |
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236 provides some support for special display faces (fonts), but no special |
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237 menu or mouse support. The Emacs man package appears to have been |
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238 developed over about 10 years, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. |
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240 There is considerable inefficiency in having @code{nroff} paginate a |
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241 document and then removing most of the pagination! |
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243 WoMan is an Emacs Lisp library that provides an emulation of the |
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244 functionality of the Emacs @code{man} command, the main difference being |
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245 that WoMan does not use any external programs. The only situation in |
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247 compressed, when WoMan will use the standard Emacs automatic |
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248 decompression facility, which does call an external program. |
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250 I began developing WoMan in the Spring of 1997 and the first version was |
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251 released in May 1997. The original motivation for WoMan was the fact |
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252 that many GNU and Unix programs are ported to other platforms and come |
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253 with Unix-style manual page documentation. This may be difficult to |
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254 read because ports of the Unix-style @code{man} program can be a little |
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255 awkward to set up. I decided that it should not be too hard to emulate |
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256 the 20 @code{man} macros directly, without treating them as macros and |
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257 largely ignoring the underlying @code{roff} requests, given the text |
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258 processing capabilities of Emacs. This proved to be essentially true, |
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259 and it did not take a great deal of work to be able to format simple man |
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260 pages acceptably. |
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261 |
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262 One problem arose with the significant number of man pages that use |
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263 @code{roff} requests in addition to the @code{man} macros, and since |
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264 releasing the first version of WoMan I have been continually extending |
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265 it to support more @code{roff} requests. WoMan can now format a |
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266 significant proportion of the man pages that I have tested, either well |
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267 or at least readably. However, I have added capabilities partly by |
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268 making additional passes through the document, a design that is |
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269 fundamentally flawed. This can only be solved by a major re-design of |
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270 WoMan to handle the major formatting within a single recursive pass, |
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271 rather than the present multiple passes without any significant |
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272 recursion. There are some @code{roff} requests that cannot be handled |
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273 satisfactorily within the present design. Some of these are currently |
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274 handled by kludges that ``usually more or less work.'' |
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276 The principle advantage of WoMan is that it does not require @code{man}, |
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277 and indeed the name WoMan is a contraction of ``without man.'' But it |
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278 has other advantages. It does not paginate the document, so it does not |
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279 need to un-paginate it again, thereby saving time. It could take full |
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280 advantage of the display capabilities available to it, and I hope to |
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281 develop WoMan to take advantage of developments in Emacs itself. At |
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282 present, WoMan uses several display faces to support bold and italic |
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283 text, to indicate other fonts, etc. The default faces are also |
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284 colored, but the choice of faces is customizable. WoMan provides menu |
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285 support for navigation and mouse support for following references, in |
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286 addition to the navigation facilities provided by @code{man} mode. |
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287 WoMan has (this) texinfo documentation! |
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288 |
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289 WoMan @emph{does not} replace @code{man}, although it does use a number |
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290 of the facilities implemented in the Emacs @code{man} library. WoMan |
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291 and man can happily co-exist, which is very useful for comparison and |
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292 debugging purposes. |
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294 @code{nroff} simulates non-@acronym{ASCII} characters by using one or more |
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295 @acronym{ASCII} characters. WoMan should be able to do much better than |
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296 this. I have recently begun to add support for WoMan to use more of the |
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297 characters in its default font and to use a symbol font, and it is an |
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298 aspect that I intend to develop further in the near future. It should |
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299 be possible to move WoMan from an emulation of @code{nroff} to an |
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300 emulation of @code{troff} as GNU Emacs moves to providing bit-mapped |
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301 display facilities. |
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303 @node Finding, Browsing, Background, Top |
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304 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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305 @chapter Finding and Formatting Man Pages |
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306 @cindex using, finding man pages |
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307 @cindex using, formatting man pages |
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308 @cindex finding man pages |
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309 @cindex formatting man pages |
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310 @cindex man pages, finding |
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311 @cindex man pages, formatting |
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313 WoMan provides three user interfaces for finding and formatting man pages: |
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315 @itemize @bullet |
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316 @item |
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318 @code{man} command; |
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320 @item |
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321 a family of filename interfaces analogous to the standard Emacs |
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322 @code{view-file} command; |
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324 @item |
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325 an automatic interface that detects the file type from its contents. |
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326 (This is currently neither well tested, well supported nor recommended!) |
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327 @end itemize |
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329 The topic and filename interfaces support completion in the usual way. |
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331 The topic interface is generally the most convenient for regular use, |
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332 although it may require some special setup, especially if your machine |
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334 WoMan tries to detect). |
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336 The simplest filename interface command @code{woman-find-file} can |
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337 always be used with no setup at all (provided WoMan is installed and |
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338 loaded or set up to autoload). |
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340 The automatic interface always requires special setup. |
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343 @heading Case-Dependence of Filenames |
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347 By default, WoMan ignores case in file pathnames only when it seems |
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348 appropriate. Microsoft Windows users who want complete case |
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349 independence should set the special NTEmacs variable |
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350 @code{w32-downcase-file-names} to @code{t} and use all lower case when |
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351 setting WoMan file paths. |
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354 @menu |
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356 * Filename:: Filename Interface |
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357 * Automatic:: Automatic Interface |
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358 @end menu |
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360 @node Topic, Filename, Finding, Finding |
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361 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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362 @section Topic Interface |
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365 The topic interface is accessed principally via the command |
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366 @code{woman}. The same command can be accessed via the menu item |
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369 be the @dfn{basename} of a man file anywhere in the man file |
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370 structure. The ``basename'' in this context means the filename |
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372 components that relate to the file type. So, for example, if there is |
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373 a compressed source file in Chapter 5 of the UNIX Programmer's Manual |
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374 with the full pathname @file{/usr/local/man/man5/man.conf.5.gz} then |
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375 the topic is @code{man.conf}. Provided WoMan is configured correctly, |
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376 this topic will appear among the completions offered by @code{woman}. |
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377 If more than one file has the same topic name then WoMan will prompt |
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380 Clearly, @code{woman} has to know where to look for man files and there |
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381 are two customizable user options that store this information: |
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382 @code{woman-manpath} and @code{woman-path}. @xref{Interface Options, , |
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383 Interface Options}. If @code{woman-manpath} is not set explicitly then |
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384 WoMan tries to pick up the information that would be used by the |
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385 @code{man} command, as follows. If the environment variable |
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386 @code{MANPATH} is set, which seems to be the standard mechanism under |
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387 UNIX, then WoMan parses that. Otherwise, if WoMan can find a |
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388 configuration file named (by default) @file{man.conf} (or something very |
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389 similar), which seems to be the standard mechanism under GNU/Linux, then |
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390 it parses that. To be precise, ``something very similar'' means |
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391 starting with @samp{man} and ending with @samp{.conf} and possibly more |
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392 lowercase letters, e.g.@: @file{manual.configuration}. |
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393 The search path and/or precise full path name for this file are set by |
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394 the value of the customizable user option @code{woman-man.conf-path}. |
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395 If all else fails, WoMan uses a plausible default man search path. |
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397 If the above default configuration does not work correctly for any |
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398 reason then simply customize the value of @code{woman-manpath}. To |
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399 access man files that are not in a conventional man file hierarchy, |
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400 customize the value of @code{woman-path} to include the directories |
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401 containing the files. In this way, @code{woman} can access manual files |
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402 @emph{anywhere} in the entire file system. |
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404 There are two differences between @code{woman-manpath} and |
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405 @code{woman-path}. Firstly, the elements of @code{woman-manpath} must |
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406 be directories that contain @emph{directories of} man files, whereas the |
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407 elements of @code{woman-path} must be directories that contain man files |
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408 @emph{directly}. Secondly, the last directory component of each element |
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409 of @code{woman-path} is treated as a regular (Emacs) match expression |
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410 rather than a fixed name, which allows collections of related |
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411 directories to be specified succinctly. Also, elements of |
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412 @code{woman-manpath} can be conses, indicating a mapping from |
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413 @samp{PATH} environment variable components to man directory |
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414 hierarchies. |
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416 For topic completion to work, WoMan must build a list of all the manual |
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417 files that it can access, which can be very slow, especially if a |
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418 network is involved. For this reason, it caches various amounts of |
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419 information, after which retrieving it from the cache is very fast. If |
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420 the cache ever gets out of synchronism with reality, running the |
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421 @code{woman} command with a prefix argument (e.g.@: @kbd{C-u M-x woman}) |
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422 will force it to rebuild its cache. This is necessary only if the names |
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423 or locations of any man files change; it is not necessary if only their |
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424 contents change. It would always be necessary if such a change occurred |
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425 whilst Emacs were running and after WoMan has been loaded. It may be |
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426 necessary if such a change occurs between Emacs sessions and persistent |
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427 caching is used, although WoMan can detect some changes that invalidate |
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428 its cache and rebuild it automatically. |
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429 |
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430 Customize the variable @code{woman-cache-filename} to save the cache |
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431 between Emacs sessions. This is recommended only if the @code{woman} |
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432 command is too slow the first time it is run in an Emacs session, while |
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433 it builds its cache in main memory, which @emph{may} be @emph{very} |
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434 slow. @xref{Cache, , The WoMan Topic Cache}, for further details. |
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435 |
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436 |
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437 @menu |
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438 * Cache:: The WoMan Topic Cache |
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439 * Word at point:: Using the ``Word at Point'' as a Topic Suggestion |
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440 @end menu |
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442 @node Cache, Word at point, Topic, Topic |
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443 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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444 @subsection The WoMan Topic Cache |
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445 @cindex topic cache |
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446 @cindex cache, topic |
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447 |
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448 The amount of information that WoMan caches (in main memory and, |
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449 optionally, saved to disc) is controlled by the user option |
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450 @code{woman-cache-level}. There is a trade-off between the speed with |
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451 which WoMan can find a file and the size of the cache, and the default |
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452 setting gives a reasonable compromise. |
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454 The @code{woman} command always performs a certain amount of caching in |
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455 main memory, but it can also write its cache to the filestore as a |
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456 persistent cache under control of the user option |
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457 @code{woman-cache-filename}. If persistent caching is turned on then |
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458 WoMan re-loads its internal cache from the cache file almost |
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459 instantaneously, so that there is never any perceptible start-up delay |
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460 @emph{except} when WoMan rebuilds its cache. Persistent caching is |
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461 currently turned off by default. This is because users with persistent |
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462 caching turned on may overlook the need to force WoMan to rebuild its |
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463 cache the first time they run it after they have installed new man |
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464 files; with persistent caching turned off, WoMan automatically rebuilds |
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465 its cache every time it is run in a new Emacs session. |
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467 A prefix argument always causes the @code{woman} command (only) to |
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468 rebuild its topic cache, and to re-save it to |
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470 is necessary if the @emph{names} of any of the directories or files in |
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471 the paths specified by @code{woman-manpath} or @code{woman-path} change. |
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472 If WoMan user options that affect the cache are changed then WoMan will |
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473 automatically update its cache file on disc (if one is in use) the next |
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474 time it is run in a new Emacs session. |
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477 @node Word at point, , Cache, Topic |
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478 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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479 @subsection Using the ``Word at Point'' as a Topic Suggestion |
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480 @cindex word at point |
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481 @cindex point, word at |
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486 minibuffer. |
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489 to a non-@code{nil} value (using @code{let}), in which case |
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490 @code{woman} will can use the suggested topic without confirmation if |
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494 |
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495 @lisp |
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496 (global-set-key "\C-cw" |
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497 (lambda () |
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498 (interactive) |
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499 (let ((woman-use-topic-at-point t)) |
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500 (woman)))) |
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501 @end lisp |
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502 |
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503 |
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504 @node Filename, Automatic, Topic, Finding |
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505 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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506 @section Filename Interface |
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507 @cindex filename interface |
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508 |
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509 The commands in this family are completely independent of the topic |
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510 interface, caching mechanism, etc. |
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511 |
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512 @findex woman-find-file |
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513 The filename interface is accessed principally via the extended command |
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514 @code{woman-find-file}, which is available without any configuration at |
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515 all (provided WoMan is installed and loaded or set up to autoload). |
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516 This command can be used to browse any accessible man file, regardless |
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517 of its filename or location. If the file is compressed then automatic |
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518 file decompression must already be turned on (e.g.@: see the |
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519 @samp{Help->Options} submenu)---it is turned on automatically only by |
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520 the @code{woman} topic interface. |
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521 |
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522 @findex woman-dired-find-file |
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523 Once WoMan is loaded (or if specially set up), various additional |
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524 commands in this family are available. In a dired buffer, the command |
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525 @code{woman-dired-find-file} allows the file on the same line as point |
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526 to be formatted and browsed by WoMan. It is bound to the key @kbd{W} in |
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527 the dired mode map and added to the dired major mode menu. It may also |
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528 be bound to @kbd{w}, unless this key is bound by another library, which |
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529 it is by @code{dired-x}, for example. Because it is quite likely that |
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530 other libraries will extend the capabilities of such a commonly used |
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531 mode as dired, the precise key bindings added by WoMan to the dired mode |
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532 map are controlled by the user option @code{woman-dired-keys}. |
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533 |
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534 @findex woman-tar-extract-file |
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535 When a tar (Tape ARchive) file is visited in Emacs, it is opened in tar |
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536 mode, which parses the tar file and shows a dired-like view of its |
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537 contents. The WoMan command @code{woman-tar-extract-file} allows the |
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538 file on the same line as point to be formatted and browsed by WoMan. It |
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539 is bound to the key @kbd{w} in the tar mode map and added to the tar |
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540 major mode menu. |
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541 |
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542 The command @code{woman-reformat-last-file}, which is bound to the key |
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543 @kbd{R} in WoMan mode and available on the major mode menu, reformats |
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544 the last file formatted by WoMan. This may occasionally be useful if |
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545 formatting parameters, such as the fill column, are changed, or perhaps |
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546 if the buffer is somehow corrupted. |
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547 |
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548 @findex woman-decode-buffer |
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549 The command @code{woman-decode-buffer} can be used to decode and browse |
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550 the current buffer if it is visiting a man file, although it is |
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551 primarily used internally by WoMan. |
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552 |
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553 |
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554 @node Automatic, , Filename, Finding |
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555 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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556 @section Automatic Interface |
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557 @cindex automatic interface |
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558 |
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559 Emacs provides an interface to detect automatically the format of a file |
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560 and decode it when it is visited. It is used primarily by the |
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561 facilities for editing rich (i.e.@: formatted) text, as a way to store |
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562 formatting information transparently as @acronym{ASCII} markup. WoMan can in |
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563 principle use this interface, but it must be configured explicitly. |
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564 |
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565 This use of WoMan does not seem to be particularly advantageous, so it |
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566 is not really supported. It originated during early experiments on how |
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567 best to implement WoMan, before I implemented the current topic |
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568 interface, and I subsequently stopped using it. I might revive it as a |
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569 mechanism for storing pre-formatted WoMan files, somewhat analogous to |
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570 the standard Unix @code{catman} facility. In the meantime, it exists |
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571 for anyone who wants to experiment with it. Once it is set up it is |
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572 simply a question of visiting the file and there is no WoMan-specific |
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573 user interface! |
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574 |
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575 To use it, put something like this in your @file{.emacs} file. [The |
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576 call to @code{set-visited-file-name} is to avoid font-locking triggered |
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577 by automatic major mode selection.] |
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578 |
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579 @lisp |
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580 (autoload 'woman-decode-region "woman") |
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581 |
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582 (add-to-list 'format-alist |
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583 '(man "Unix man-page source format" "\\.\\(TH\\|ig\\) " |
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584 woman-decode-region nil nil |
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585 (lambda (arg) |
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586 set-visited-file-name |
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587 (file-name-sans-extension buffer-file-name)))) |
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588 @end lisp |
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589 |
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590 @c =================================================================== |
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591 |
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592 @node Browsing, Customization, Finding, Top |
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593 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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594 @chapter Browsing Man Pages |
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595 @cindex using, browsing man pages |
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596 @cindex browsing man pages |
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597 @cindex man pages, browsing |
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598 |
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599 Once a man page has been found and formatted, WoMan provides a browsing |
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600 interface that is essentially the same as that provided by the standard |
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601 Emacs @code{man} command (and much of the code is inherited from the |
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602 @code{man} library, which WoMan currently requires). Many WoMan |
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603 facilities can be accessed from the WoMan major mode menu as well as via |
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604 key bindings, etc. |
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605 |
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606 WoMan does not produce any page breaks or page numbers, and in fact does |
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607 not paginate the man page at all, since this is not appropriate for |
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608 continuous online browsing. It produces a document header line that is |
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609 constructed from the standard man page header and footer. Apart from |
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610 that, the appearance of the formatted man page should be almost |
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611 identical to what would be produced by @code{man}, with consecutive |
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612 blank lines squeezed to a single blank line. |
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613 |
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614 @menu |
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615 * Fonts:: Fonts and Faces |
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616 * Navigation:: Navigation |
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617 * References:: Following References |
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618 * Changing:: Changing the Current Man Page |
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619 * Convenience:: Convenience Key Bindings |
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620 * Imenu:: Imenu Support; Contents Menu |
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621 @end menu |
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622 |
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623 @node Fonts, Navigation, Browsing, Browsing |
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624 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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625 @section Fonts and Faces |
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626 @cindex fonts |
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627 @cindex faces |
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628 |
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629 Fonts used by @code{roff} are handled by WoMan as faces, the details of |
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630 which are customizable. @xref{Faces, , Faces}. WoMan supports both the |
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631 italic and bold fonts normally used in man pages, together with a single |
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632 face to represent all unknown fonts (which are occasionally used in |
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633 ``non-standard'' man pages, usually to represent a ``typewriter'' font) |
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634 and a face to indicate additional symbols introduced by WoMan. This |
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635 currently means the characters ^ and _ used to indicate super- and |
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636 sub-scripts, which are not displayed well by WoMan. |
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637 |
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638 |
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639 @node Navigation, References, Fonts, Browsing |
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640 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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641 @section Navigation |
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642 @cindex navigation |
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643 |
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644 Man (and hence WoMan) mode can be thought of as a superset of view mode. |
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645 The buffer cannot be edited, so keys that would normally self-insert are |
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646 used for navigation. The WoMan key bindings are a minor modification of |
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647 the @code{man} key bindings. |
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648 |
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649 @table @kbd |
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650 @item @key{SPC} |
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651 @kindex SPC |
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652 @findex scroll-up |
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653 Scroll the man page up the window (@code{scroll-up}). |
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654 |
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655 @item @key{DEL} |
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656 @kindex DEL |
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657 @findex scroll-down |
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658 Scroll the man page down the window (@code{scroll-down}). |
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659 |
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660 @item n |
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661 @kindex n |
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662 @findex Man-next-section |
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663 Move point to the Nth next section---default 1 (@code{Man-next-section}). |
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664 |
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665 @item p |
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666 @kindex p |
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667 @findex Man-previous-section |
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668 Move point to Nth previous section---default 1 |
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669 (@code{Man-previous-section}). |
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670 |
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671 @item g |
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672 @kindex g |
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673 @findex Man-goto-section |
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674 Move point to the specified section (@code{Man-goto-section}). |
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675 |
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676 @item s |
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677 @kindex s |
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678 @findex Man-goto-see-also-section |
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679 Move point to the ``SEE ALSO'' section |
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680 (@code{Man-goto-see-also-section}). Actually the section moved to is |
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681 described by @code{Man-see-also-regexp}. |
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682 @end table |
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683 |
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684 |
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685 @node References, Changing, Navigation, Browsing |
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686 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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687 @section Following References |
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688 @cindex following references |
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689 @cindex references |
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690 |
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691 Man pages usually contain a ``SEE ALSO'' section containing references |
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692 to other man pages. If these man pages are installed then WoMan can |
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693 easily be directed to follow the reference, i.e.@: to find and format the |
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694 man page. When the mouse is passed over a correctly formatted reference |
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695 it is highlighted, in which case clicking the middle button |
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696 @kbd{Mouse-2} will cause WoMan to follow the reference. Alternatively, |
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697 when point is over such a reference the key @key{RET} will follow the |
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698 reference. |
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699 |
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700 Any word in the buffer can be used as a reference by clicking |
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701 @kbd{Mouse-2} over it provided the Meta key is also used (although in |
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702 general such a ``reference'' will not lead to a man page). |
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703 Alternatively, the key @kbd{r} allows completion to be used to select a |
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704 reference to follow, based on the word at point as default. |
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705 |
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706 @table @kbd |
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707 @item @kbd{Mouse-2} |
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708 @kindex Mouse-2 |
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709 @findex woman-mouse-2 |
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710 Run WoMan with word under mouse as topic (@code{woman-mouse-2}). The |
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711 word must be mouse-highlighted unless @code{woman-mouse-2} is used with |
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712 the Meta key. |
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713 |
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714 @item @key{RET} |
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715 @kindex RET |
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716 @findex man-follow |
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717 Get the man page for the topic under (or nearest to) point |
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718 (@code{man-follow}). |
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719 |
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720 @item r |
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721 @kindex r |
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722 @findex Man-follow-manual-reference |
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723 Get one of the man pages referred to in the ``SEE ALSO'' section |
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724 (@code{Man-follow-manual-reference}). Specify which reference to use; |
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725 default is based on word at point. |
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726 @end table |
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727 |
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728 |
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729 @node Changing, Convenience, References, Browsing |
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730 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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731 @section Changing the Current Man Page |
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732 @cindex changing current man page |
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733 @cindex current man page, changing |
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734 |
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735 The man page currently being browsed by WoMan can be changed in several |
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736 ways. The command @code{woman} can be invoked to format another man |
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737 page, or the current WoMan buffer can be buried or killed. WoMan |
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738 maintains a ring of formatted man pages, and it is possible to move |
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739 forwards and backwards in this ring by moving to the next or previous |
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740 man page. It is sometimes useful to reformat the current page, for |
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741 example after the right margin (the wrap column) or some other |
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742 formatting parameter has been changed. |
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743 |
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744 Buffers formatted by Man and WoMan are completely unrelated, even though |
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745 some of the commands to manipulate them are superficially the same (and |
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746 share code). |
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747 |
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748 @table @kbd |
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749 @item m |
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750 @kindex m |
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751 @findex man |
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752 Run the command @code{man} to get a Un*x manual page and put it in a |
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753 buffer. This command is the top-level command in the man package. It |
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754 runs a Un*x command to retrieve and clean a man page in the background |
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755 and places the results in a Man mode (man page browsing) buffer. If a |
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756 man buffer already exists for this man page, it will display |
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757 immediately. This works exactly the same if WoMan is loaded, except |
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758 that the formatting time is displayed in the mini-buffer. |
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759 |
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760 @item w |
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761 @kindex w |
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762 @findex woman |
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763 Run the command @code{woman} exactly as if the extended command or menu |
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764 item had been used. |
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765 |
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766 @item q |
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767 @kindex q |
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768 @findex Man-quit |
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769 Bury the buffer containing the current man page (@code{Man-quit}), |
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770 i.e.@: move it to the bottom of the buffer stack. |
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771 |
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772 @item k |
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773 @kindex k |
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774 @findex Man-kill |
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775 Kill the buffer containing the current man page (@code{Man-kill}), |
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776 i.e.@: delete it completely so that it can be retrieved only by formatting |
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777 the page again. |
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778 |
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779 @item M-p |
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780 @kindex M-p |
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781 @findex WoMan-previous-manpage |
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782 Find the previous WoMan buffer (@code{WoMan-previous-manpage}). |
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783 |
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784 @item M-n |
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785 @kindex M-n |
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786 @findex WoMan-next-manpage |
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787 Find the next WoMan buffer (@code{WoMan-next-manpage}). |
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788 |
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789 @item R |
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790 @kindex R |
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791 @findex woman-reformat-last-file |
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792 Call WoMan to reformat the last man page formatted by WoMan |
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793 (@code{woman-reformat-last-file}), e.g.@: after changing the fill column. |
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794 @end table |
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795 |
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796 |
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797 @node Convenience, Imenu, Changing, Browsing |
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798 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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799 @section Convenience Key Bindings |
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800 @cindex convenience key bindings |
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801 @cindex key bindings, convenience |
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802 |
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803 @table @kbd |
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804 @item - |
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805 @kindex - |
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806 @findex negative-argument |
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807 Begin a negative numeric argument for the next command |
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808 (@code{negative-argument}). |
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809 |
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810 @item 0 .. 9 |
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811 @kindex 0 .. 9 |
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812 @findex digit-argument |
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813 Part of the numeric argument for the next command |
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814 (@code{digit-argument}). |
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815 |
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816 @item < |
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817 @kindex < |
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818 @itemx . |
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819 @kindex . |
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820 @findex beginning-of-buffer |
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821 Move point to the beginning of the buffer; leave mark at previous |
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822 position (@code{beginning-of-buffer}). |
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823 |
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824 @item > |
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825 @kindex > |
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826 @findex end-of-buffer |
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827 Move point to the end of the buffer; leave mark at previous position |
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828 (@code{end-of-buffer}). |
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829 |
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830 @item ? |
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831 @kindex ? |
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832 @findex describe-mode |
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833 Display documentation of current major mode and minor modes |
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834 (@code{describe-mode}). The major mode description comes first, |
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835 followed by the minor modes, each on a separate page. |
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836 @end table |
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837 |
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838 |
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839 @node Imenu, , Convenience, Browsing |
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840 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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841 @section Imenu Support; Contents Menu |
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842 @cindex imenu support |
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843 @cindex contents menu |
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844 |
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845 The WoMan menu provides an option to make a contents menu for the |
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846 current man page (using @code{imenu}). Alternatively, if you customize |
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847 the option @code{woman-imenu} to @code{t} then WoMan will do it |
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848 automatically for every man page. The menu title is set by the option |
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849 @code{woman-imenu-title}, which is ``CONTENTS'' by default. The menu |
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850 shows manual sections and subsections by default, but you can change |
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851 this by customizing @code{woman-imenu-generic-expression}. |
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852 |
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853 WoMan is configured not to replace spaces in an imenu |
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854 @code{*Completion*} buffer. For further documentation on the use of |
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855 imenu, such as menu sorting, see the source file @file{imenu.el}, which |
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856 is distributed with GNU Emacs. |
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857 |
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858 @c =================================================================== |
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859 |
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860 @node Customization, Log, Browsing, Top |
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861 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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862 @chapter Customization |
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863 @cindex customization |
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864 |
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865 All WoMan user options are customizable, and it is recommended to |
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866 change them only via the standard Emacs customization facilities. |
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867 WoMan defines a top-level customization group called @code{WoMan} |
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868 under the parent group @code{Help}. It can be accessed either via the |
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869 standard Emacs facilities, e.g.@: via the @samp{Help->Customize} |
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870 submenu, or via the WoMan major mode menu. |
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871 |
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872 The top-level WoMan group contains only a few general options and three |
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873 subgroups. The hooks are provided only for special purposes that, for |
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874 example, require code to be executed, and should be changed only via |
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875 @code{Customization} or the function @code{add-hook}. Most |
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876 customization should be possible via existing user options. |
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877 |
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878 @vtable @code |
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879 @item woman-show-log |
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880 A boolean value that defaults to @code{nil}. If non-@code{nil} then show the |
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881 @code{*WoMan-Log*} buffer if appropriate, i.e.@: if any warning messages |
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882 are written to it. @xref{Log, , The *WoMan-Log* Buffer}. |
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883 |
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884 @item woman-pre-format-hook |
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885 A hook run immediately before formatting a buffer. It might, for |
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886 example, be used for face customization. @xref{Faces, , Faces}, |
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887 however. |
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888 |
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889 @item woman-post-format-hook |
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890 A hook run immediately after formatting a buffer. It might, for |
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891 example, be used for installing a dynamic menu using @code{imenu}. |
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892 (However. in this case it is better to use the built-in WoMan |
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893 @code{imenu} support. @xref{Imenu, , Imenu Support; Contents Menu}.) |
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894 @end vtable |
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895 |
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896 @heading Customization Subgroups |
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897 |
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898 @table @code |
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899 @item WoMan Interface |
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900 These options control the process of locating the appropriate file to |
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901 browse, and the appearance of the browsing interface. |
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902 |
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903 @item WoMan Formatting |
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904 These options control the layout that WoMan uses to format the man page. |
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905 |
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906 @item WoMan Faces |
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907 These options control the display faces that WoMan uses to format the |
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908 man page. |
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909 @end table |
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910 |
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911 @menu |
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912 * Interface Options:: |
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913 * Formatting Options:: |
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914 * Faces:: |
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915 * Special symbols:: |
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916 @end menu |
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917 |
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918 @node Interface Options, Formatting Options, Customization, Customization |
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919 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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920 @section Interface Options |
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921 @cindex interface options |
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922 |
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923 These options control the process of locating the appropriate file to |
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924 browse, and the appearance of the browsing interface. |
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925 |
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926 @vtable @code |
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927 @item woman-man.conf-path |
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928 A list of strings representing directories to search and/or files to try |
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929 for a man configuration file. The default is |
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930 |
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931 @lisp |
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932 ("/etc" "/usr/local/lib") |
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933 @end lisp |
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934 |
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935 @noindent |
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936 [for GNU/Linux and Cygwin respectively.] A trailing separator (@file{/} |
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937 for UNIX etc.) on directories is optional and the filename matched if a |
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938 directory is specified is the first to match the regexp |
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939 @code{man.*\.conf}. If the environment variable @code{MANPATH} is not |
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940 set but a configuration file is found then it is parsed instead (or as |
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941 well) to provide a default value for @code{woman-manpath}. |
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942 |
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943 @item woman-manpath |
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944 A list of strings representing @emph{directory trees} to search for Unix |
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945 manual files. Each element should be the name of a directory that |
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946 contains subdirectories of the form @file{man?}, or more precisely |
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947 subdirectories selected by the value of @code{woman-manpath-man-regexp}. |
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948 Non-directory and unreadable files are ignored. This can also contain |
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949 conses, with the car indicating a @code{PATH} variable component mapped |
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950 to the directory tree given in the cdr. |
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951 |
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952 @cindex @code{MANPATH}, environment variable |
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953 If not set then the environment variable @code{MANPATH} is used. If no |
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954 such environment variable is found, the default list is determined by |
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955 consulting the man configuration file if found. By default this is |
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956 expected to be either @file{/etc/man.config} or |
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957 @file{/usr/local/lib/man.conf}, which is controlled by the user option |
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958 @code{woman-man.conf-path}. An empty substring of @code{MANPATH} |
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959 denotes the default list. Otherwise, the default value of this variable |
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960 is |
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961 |
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962 @lisp |
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963 ("/usr/man" "/usr/local/man") |
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964 @end lisp |
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965 |
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966 Any environment variables (names of which must have the Unix-style form |
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967 @code{$NAME}, e.g.@: @code{$HOME}, @code{$EMACSDATA}, @code{$EMACS_DIR}, |
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968 regardless of platform) are evaluated first but each element must |
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969 evaluate to a @emph{single} directory name. Trailing @file{/}s are |
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970 ignored. (Specific directories in @code{woman-path} are also searched.) |
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971 |
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972 On Microsoft platforms I recommend including drive letters explicitly, |
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973 e.g. |
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974 |
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975 @lisp |
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976 ("C:/Cygwin/usr/man" "C:/usr/man" "C:/usr/local/man") |
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977 @end lisp |
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978 |
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979 @cindex directory separator character |
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980 @cindex @code{MANPATH}, directory separator |
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981 The @code{MANPATH} environment variable may be set using DOS |
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982 semi-colon-separated or Unix-style colon-separated syntax (but not |
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983 mixed). |
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984 |
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985 @item woman-manpath-man-regexp |
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986 A regular expression to match man directories @emph{under} the |
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987 @code{woman-manpath} directories. These normally have names of the form |
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988 @file{man?}. Its default value is @code{"[Mm][Aa][Nn]"}, which is |
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989 case-insensitive mainly for the benefit of Microsoft platforms. Its |
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990 purpose is to avoid directories such as @file{cat?}, @file{.}, |
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991 @file{..}, etc. |
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992 |
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993 @item woman-path |
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994 A list of strings representing @emph{specific directories} to search for |
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995 Unix manual files. For example |
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996 |
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997 @lisp |
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998 ("/emacs/etc") |
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999 @end lisp |
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1000 |
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1001 These directories are searched in addition to the directory trees |
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1002 specified in @code{woman-manpath}. Each element should be a directory |
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1003 string or @code{nil}, which represents the current directory when the |
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1004 path is expanded and cached. However, the last component (only) of each |
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1005 directory string is treated as a regexp (Emacs, not shell) and the |
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1006 string is expanded into a list of matching directories. Non-directory |
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1007 and unreadable files are ignored. The default value on MS-DOS is |
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1009 @lisp |
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1011 @end lisp |
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1013 @noindent |
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1014 and on other platforms is @code{nil}. |
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1016 Any environment variables (names of which must have the Unix-style form |
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1017 @code{$NAME}, e.g.@: @code{$HOME}, @code{$EMACSDATA}, @code{$EMACS_DIR}, |
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1018 regardless of platform) are evaluated first but each element must |
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1019 evaluate to a @emph{single} directory name (regexp, see above). For |
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1020 example |
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1022 @lisp |
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1023 ("$EMACSDATA") |
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1024 @end lisp |
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1026 @noindent |
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1027 or equivalently |
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1029 @lisp |
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1030 ("$EMACS_DIR/etc") |
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1031 @end lisp |
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1033 @noindent |
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1034 Trailing @file{/}s are discarded. (The directory trees in |
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1035 @code{woman-manpath} are also searched.) On Microsoft platforms I |
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1036 recommend including drive letters explicitly. |
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1038 @item woman-cache-level |
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1039 A positive integer representing the level of topic caching: |
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1041 @enumerate |
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1042 @item |
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1043 cache only the topic and directory lists (uses minimal memory, but not |
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1044 recommended); |
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1045 @item |
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1046 cache also the directories for each topic (faster, without using much |
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1047 more memory); |
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1048 @item |
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1049 cache also the actual filenames for each topic (fastest, but uses twice |
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1050 as much memory). |
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1051 @end enumerate |
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1053 The default value is currently 2, a good general compromise. If the |
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1054 @code{woman} command is slow to find files then try 3, which may be |
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1055 particularly beneficial with large remote-mounted man directories. Run |
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1056 the @code{woman} command with a prefix argument or delete the cache file |
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1057 @code{woman-cache-filename} for a change to take effect. (Values < 1 |
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1058 behave like 1; values > 3 behave like 3.) |
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1060 @item woman-cache-filename |
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1061 Either a string representing the full pathname of the WoMan directory |
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1062 and topic cache file, or @code{nil}. It is used to save and restore the |
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1063 cache between Emacs sessions. This is especially useful with |
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1064 remote-mounted man page files! The default value of @code{nil} |
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1065 suppresses this action. The ``standard'' non-@code{nil} filename is |
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1066 @file{~/.wmncach.el}. Remember that a prefix argument forces the |
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1067 @code{woman} command to update and re-write the cache. |
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1069 @item woman-dired-keys |
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1070 A list of @code{dired} mode keys to be defined to run WoMan on the |
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1071 current file, e.g.@: @code{("w" "W")} or any non-@code{nil} atom to |
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1072 automatically define @kbd{w} and @kbd{W} if they are unbound, or |
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1073 @code{nil} to do nothing. Default is @code{t}. |
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1075 @item woman-imenu-generic-expression |
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1076 Imenu support for Sections and Subsections: an alist with elements of |
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1077 the form @code{(MENU-TITLE REGEXP INDEX)}---see the documentation for |
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1078 @code{imenu-generic-expression}. Default value is |
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1080 @lisp |
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1081 ((nil "\n\\([A-Z].*\\)" 1) ; SECTION, but not TITLE |
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1082 ("*Subsections*" "^ \\([A-Z].*\\)" 1)) |
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1083 @end lisp |
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1085 @item woman-imenu |
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1086 A boolean value that defaults to @code{nil}. If non-@code{nil} then WoMan adds |
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1087 a Contents menu to the menubar by calling @code{imenu-add-to-menubar}. |
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1089 @item woman-imenu-title |
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1090 A string representing the title to use if WoMan adds a Contents menu to |
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1091 the menubar. Default is @code{"CONTENTS"}. |
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1093 @item woman-use-topic-at-point |
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1094 A boolean value that defaults to @code{nil}. If non-@code{nil} then |
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1095 the @code{woman} command uses the word at point as the topic, |
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1096 @emph{without interactive confirmation}, if it exists as a topic. |
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1098 @item woman-use-topic-at-point-default |
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1099 A boolean value representing the default value for |
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1100 @code{woman-use-topic-at-point}. The default value is @code{nil}. |
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1101 [The variable @code{woman-use-topic-at-point} may be @code{let}-bound |
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1102 when @code{woman} is loaded, in which case its global value does not |
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1103 get defined. The function @code{woman-file-name} sets it to this |
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1104 value if it is unbound.] |
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1106 @item woman-uncompressed-file-regexp |
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1107 A regular match expression used to select man source files (ignoring any |
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1108 compression extension). The default value is |
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1109 @code{"\\.\\([0-9lmnt]\\w*\\)"} [which means a filename extension is |
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1110 required]. |
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1112 @emph{Do not change this unless you are sure you know what you are doing!} |
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1114 The SysV standard man pages use two character suffixes, and this is |
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1115 becoming more common in the GNU world. For example, the man pages in |
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1116 the @code{ncurses} package include @file{toe.1m}, @file{form.3x}, etc. |
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1119 so this regexp @emph{must not} end with any kind of string terminator | |
1120 such as @code{$} or @code{\\'}. | |
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1122 @item woman-file-compression-regexp |
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1123 A regular match expression used to match compressed man file extensions |
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1124 for which decompressors are available and handled by auto-compression |
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1125 mode. It should begin with @code{\\.} and end with @code{\\'} and |
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1126 @emph{must not} be optional. The default value is |
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1127 @code{"\\.\\(g?z\\|bz2\\)\\'"}, which matches the @code{gzip} and |
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1128 @code{bzip2} compression extensions. |
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1130 @emph{Do not change this unless you are sure you know what you are doing!} |
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1132 [It should be compatible with the @code{car} of |
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1133 @code{jka-compr-file-name-handler-entry}, but that is unduly |
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1135 not loaded by default!] |
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1136 |
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1137 @item woman-use-own-frame |
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1138 If non-@code{nil} then use a dedicated frame for displaying WoMan windows. |
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1139 This is useful only when WoMan is run under a window system such as X or |
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1140 Microsoft Windows that supports real multiple frames, in which case the |
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1141 default value is non-@code{nil}. |
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1142 @end vtable |
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1144 |
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1145 @node Formatting Options, Faces, Interface Options, Customization |
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1146 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1147 @section Formatting Options |
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1148 @cindex formatting options |
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1149 |
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1150 These options control the layout that WoMan uses to format the man page. |
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1151 |
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1152 @vtable @code |
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1153 @item woman-fill-column |
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1154 An integer specifying the right margin for formatted text. Default is |
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1155 65. |
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1156 |
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1157 @item woman-fill-frame |
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1158 A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then most of the frame width is used, |
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1159 overriding the value of @code{woman-fill-column}. Default is @code{nil}. |
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1161 @item woman-default-indent |
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1162 An integer specifying the default prevailing indent for the @code{-man} |
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1163 macros. Default is 5. Set this variable to 7 to emulate GNU/Linux man |
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1164 formatting. |
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1165 |
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1166 @item woman-bold-headings |
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1167 A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then embolden section and subsection |
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1168 headings. Default is @code{t}. [Heading emboldening is @emph{not} standard |
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1169 @code{man} behavior.] |
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1171 @item woman-ignore |
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1172 A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then unrecognised requests etc. are |
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1173 ignored. Default is @code{t}. This gives the standard @code{roff} behavior. |
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1174 If @code{nil} then they are left in the buffer, which may aid debugging. |
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1175 |
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1176 @item woman-preserve-ascii |
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1177 A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then preserve @acronym{ASCII} characters in the |
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1178 WoMan buffer. Otherwise, non-@acronym{ASCII} characters (that display as |
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1179 @acronym{ASCII}) may remain, which is irrelevant unless the buffer is to be |
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1180 saved to a file. Default is @code{nil}. |
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1182 @item woman-emulation |
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1183 WoMan emulation, currently either @code{nroff} or @code{troff}. Default |
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1184 is @code{nroff}. @code{troff} emulation is experimental and largely |
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1185 untested. |
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1186 @end vtable |
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1189 @node Faces, Special symbols, Formatting Options, Customization |
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1190 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1191 @section Faces |
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1192 @cindex faces |
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1195 man page. |
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1197 @vtable @code |
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1198 @item woman-fontify |
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1199 A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then WoMan assumes that face support is |
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1200 available. It defaults to a non-@code{nil} value if the display supports |
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1201 either colors or different fonts. |
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1202 |
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1203 @item woman-italic-face |
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1204 Face for italic font in man pages. Default: italic, underlined, |
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1205 foreground red. This is overkill! @code{troff} uses just italic; |
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1206 @code{nroff} uses just underline. You should probably select either |
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1207 italic or underline as you prefer, but not both, although italic and |
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1208 underline work together perfectly well! |
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1209 |
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1210 @item woman-bold-face |
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1211 Face for bold font in man pages. Default: bold, foreground blue. |
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1212 |
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1213 @item woman-unknown-face |
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1214 Face for all unknown fonts in man pages. Default: foreground brown. |
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1215 Brown is a good compromise: it is distinguishable from the default but |
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1216 not enough so as to make font errors look terrible. (Files that use |
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1217 non-standard fonts seem to do so badly or in idiosyncratic ways!) |
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1219 @item woman-addition-face |
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1220 Face for all additions made by WoMan to man pages. |
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1221 Default: foreground orange. |
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1222 @end vtable |
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1225 @node Special symbols, , Faces, Customization |
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1226 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1227 @section Special symbols |
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1228 @cindex special symbols |
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1229 |
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1230 This section currently applies @emph{only} to Microsoft Windows. |
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1231 |
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1232 WoMan provides partial experimental support for special symbols, |
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1233 initially only for MS-Windows and only for MS-Windows fonts. This |
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1235 of a separate symbol font. Later, support will be added for other font |
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1236 types (e.g.@: @code{bdf} fonts) and for the X Window System. In Emacs |
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1237 20.7, the current support works partially under Windows 9x but may not |
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1238 work on any other platform. |
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1239 |
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1240 @vtable @code |
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1241 @item woman-use-extended-font |
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1242 A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then WoMan may use non-@acronym{ASCII} characters |
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1243 from the default font. Default is @code{t}. |
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1244 |
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1245 @item woman-use-symbol-font |
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1246 A boolean value. If non-@code{nil} then WoMan may use the symbol font. |
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1247 Default is @code{nil}, mainly because it may change the line spacing (at |
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1248 least in NTEmacs 20). |
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1249 |
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1250 @item woman-symbol-font |
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1251 A string describing the symbol font to use for special characters. |
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1252 It should be compatible with, and the same size as, the default text font. |
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1253 Under MS-Windows, the default is |
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1254 |
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1255 @lisp |
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1256 "-*-Symbol-normal-r-*-*-*-*-96-96-p-*-ms-symbol" |
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1257 @end lisp |
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1258 @end vtable |
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1259 |
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1260 |
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1261 @c =================================================================== |
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1262 |
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1263 @node Log, Technical, Customization, Top |
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1264 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1265 @chapter The *WoMan-Log* Buffer |
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1266 @cindex log buffer |
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1267 @cindex buffer, log |
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1268 |
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1269 This is modeled on the Emacs byte-compiler. It logs all files |
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1270 formatted by WoMan and the time taken. If WoMan finds anything that it |
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1271 cannot handle then it writes a warning to this buffer. If the variable |
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1272 @code{woman-show-log} is non-@code{nil} (by default it is @code{nil}) then |
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1273 WoMan automatically displays this buffer. @xref{Interface Options, , |
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1274 Interface Options}. Many WoMan warnings can be completely ignored, |
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1275 because they are reporting the fact that WoMan has ignored requests that |
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1276 it is correct for WoMan to ignore. In some future version this level of |
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1277 paranoia may be reduced, but not until WoMan is deemed more reliable. |
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1278 At present, all warnings should be treated with some suspicion. |
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1279 Uninterpreted escape sequences are also logged (in some cases). |
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1280 |
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1281 By resetting the variable @code{woman-ignore} to @code{nil} (by default |
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1282 it is @code{t}), uninterpreted @code{roff} requests can optionally be |
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1283 left in the formatted buffer to indicate precisely where they occurred. |
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1284 @xref{Interface Options, , Interface Options}. |
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1285 |
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1286 @c =================================================================== |
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1287 |
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1288 @node Technical, Bugs, Log, Top |
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1289 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1290 @chapter Technical Details |
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1291 @cindex technical details |
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1292 @cindex horizontal spacing |
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1293 @cindex spacing, horizontal and vertical |
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1294 @cindex vertical spacing |
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1295 @cindex resolution |
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1296 |
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1297 @heading Horizontal and vertical spacing and resolution |
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1298 |
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1299 WoMan currently assumes 10 characters per inch horizontally, hence a |
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1300 horizontal resolution of 24 basic units, and 5 lines per inch |
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1301 vertically, hence a vertical resolution of 48 basic units. |
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1302 (@code{nroff} uses 240 per inch.) |
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1303 |
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1304 @heading Vertical spacing and blank lines |
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1305 |
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1306 The number of consecutive blank lines in the formatted buffer should be |
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1307 either 0 or 1. A blank line should leave a space like .sp 1. |
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1308 Current policy is to output vertical space only immediately before text |
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1309 is output. |
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1310 |
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1311 @c =================================================================== |
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1312 |
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1313 @node Bugs, Acknowledgements, Technical, Top |
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1314 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1315 @chapter Reporting Bugs |
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1316 @cindex reporting bugs |
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1317 @cindex bugs, reporting |
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1318 |
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1319 If WoMan fails completely, or formats a file incorrectly (i.e.@: |
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1320 obviously wrongly or significantly differently from @code{man}) or |
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1321 inelegantly, then please |
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1322 |
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1323 @enumerate |
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1324 @item |
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1325 try the latest version of @file{woman.el} from the Emacs CVS repository |
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1326 on @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/}. If it still fails, please |
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1327 |
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1328 @item |
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1329 send a bug report to @email{bug-gnu-emacs@@gnu.org} and to |
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1330 @email{F.J.Wright@@qmw.ac.uk}. Please include the entry from the |
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1331 @code{*WoMan-Log*} buffer relating to the problem file, together with |
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1332 a brief description of the problem. Please indicate where you got the |
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1333 man source file from, but do not send it unless asked to send it. |
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1334 @end enumerate |
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1335 |
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1336 @c =================================================================== |
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1337 |
77235 | 1338 @node Acknowledgements, GNU Free Documentation License, Bugs, Top |
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1339 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1340 @chapter Acknowledgements |
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1341 @cindex acknowledgements |
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1342 |
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1343 For Heather, Kathryn and Madelyn, the women in my life (although they |
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1344 will probably never use it)! |
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1345 |
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1346 I also thank the following for helpful suggestions, bug reports, code |
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1347 fragments, general interest, etc.: |
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1348 |
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1349 @quotation |
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1350 Jari Aalto, @email{jari.aalto@@cs.tpu.fi}@* |
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1351 Dean Andrews, @email{dean@@dra.com}@* |
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1352 Juanma Barranquero, @email{barranquero@@laley-actualidad.es}@* |
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1353 Karl Berry, @email{kb@@cs.umb.edu}@* |
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1354 Jim Chapman, @email{jchapman@@netcomuk.co.uk}@* |
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1355 Frederic Corne, @email{frederic.corne@@erli.fr}@* |
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1356 Peter Craft, @email{craft@@alacritech.com}@* |
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1357 Charles Curley, @email{ccurley@@trib.com}@* |
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1358 Jim Davidson, @email{jdavidso@@teknowledge.com}@* |
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1359 Kevin D'Elia, @email{Kevin.DElia@@mci.com}@* |
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1360 John Fitch, @email{jpff@@maths.bath.ac.uk}@* |
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1361 Hans Frosch, @email{jwfrosch@@rish.b17c.ingr.com}@* |
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1362 Guy Gascoigne-Piggford, @email{ggp@@informix.com}@* |
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1363 Brian Gorka, @email{gorkab@@sanchez.com}@* |
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1364 Nicolai Henriksen, @email{nhe@@lyngso-industri.dk}@* |
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1365 Thomas Herchenroeder, @email{the@@software-ag.de}@* |
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1366 Alexander Hinds, @email{ahinds@@thegrid.net}@* |
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1367 Stefan Hornburg, @email{sth@@hacon.de}@* |
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1368 Theodore Jump, @email{tjump@@cais.com}@* |
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1369 Paul Kinnucan, @email{paulk@@mathworks.com}@* |
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1370 Jonas Linde, @email{jonas@@init.se}@* |
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1371 Andrew McRae, @email{andrewm@@optimation.co.nz}@* |
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1372 Howard Melman, @email{howard@@silverstream.com}@* |
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1373 Dennis Pixton, @email{dennis@@math.binghamton.edu}@* |
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1374 T. V. Raman, @email{raman@@Adobe.com}@* |
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1375 Bruce Ravel, @email{bruce.ravel@@nist.gov}@* |
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1376 Benjamin Riefenstahl, @email{benny@@crocodial.de}@* |
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1377 Kevin Ruland, @email{kruland@@seistl.com}@* |
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1378 Tom Schutter, @email{tom@@platte.com}@* |
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1379 Wei-Xue Shi, @email{wxshi@@ma.neweb.ne.jp}@* |
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1380 Fabio Somenzi, @email{fabio@@joplin.colorado.edu}@* |
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1381 Karel Sprenger, @email{ks@@ic.uva.nl}@* |
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1382 Chris Szurgot, @email{szurgot@@itribe.net}@* |
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1383 Paul A. Thompson, @email{pat@@po.cwru.edu}@* |
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1384 Arrigo Triulzi, @email{arrigo@@maths.qmw.ac.uk}@* |
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1385 Geoff Voelker, @email{voelker@@cs.washington.edu}@* |
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1386 Eli Zaretskii, @email{eliz@@is.elta.co.il} |
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1387 @end quotation |
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1388 |
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1389 @c =================================================================== |
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1390 |
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1391 @comment END OF MANUAL TEXT |
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1392 @page |
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1395 @node GNU Free Documentation License, Command Index, Acknowledgements, Top | |
1396 @appendix GNU Free Documentation License | |
1397 @include doclicense.texi | |
1398 | |
1399 @node Command Index, Variable Index, GNU Free Documentation License, Top | |
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1400 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1401 @unnumbered Command Index |
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1402 |
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1403 @printindex fn |
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1404 |
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1405 @node Variable Index, Keystroke Index, Command Index, Top |
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1406 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1407 @unnumbered Variable Index |
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1408 |
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1409 @printindex vr |
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1411 @c Without a page throw here, the page length seems to get reset to the |
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1412 @c depth of the index that fits on the page after the previous index. |
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1413 @c This must be a bug! |
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1415 @page |
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1416 |
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1417 @node Keystroke Index, Concept Index, Variable Index, Top |
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1418 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1419 @unnumbered Keystroke Index |
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1421 @printindex ky |
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1424 @c depth of the index that fits on the page after the previous index. |
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1425 @c This must be a bug! |
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1427 @page |
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1429 @node Concept Index, , Keystroke Index, Top |
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1430 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1431 @unnumbered Concept Index |
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1433 @printindex cp |
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1435 @bye |
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1437 @ignore | |
1438 arch-tag: a1a6b715-396f-4378-9b94-0b2ca0aa5028 | |
1439 @end ignore |