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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- |
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3 @c %**start of header |
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4 @setfilename ../info/woman |
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5 @settitle WoMan: Browse UN*X Manual Pages ``Wo (without) Man'' |
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6 @c Manual last updated: |
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7 @set UPDATED Time-stamp: <2000-08-08 12:20:51 eliz> |
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8 @c Software version: |
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9 @set VERSION 0.54 (beta) |
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10 @afourpaper |
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11 @c With different size paper the printed page breaks will need attention! |
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12 @c Look for @page and @need commands. |
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13 @setchapternewpage off |
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14 @paragraphindent 0 |
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15 @c %**end of header |
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17 @dircategory Emacs |
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18 @direntry |
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19 * WoMan: (woman). Browse UN*X Manual Pages `Wo (without) Man'. |
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20 @end direntry |
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21 |
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22 @ifinfo |
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23 This file documents WoMan: A program to browse UN*X manual pages `wo |
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24 (without) man'. |
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25 |
31954 | 26 Copyright @copyright{} 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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27 |
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28 This manual and the software that it describes are subject to the GNU |
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29 General Public License that is distributed with GNU Emacs -- see the |
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30 file @file{COPYING}. |
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31 |
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32 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this |
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33 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are |
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34 preserved on all copies. |
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35 |
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36 @ignore |
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37 Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the |
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38 results, provided the printed document carries a copying permission |
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39 notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph |
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40 (this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). |
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41 |
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42 @end ignore |
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43 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this |
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44 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying and provided that the |
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45 entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a |
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46 permission notice identical to this one. |
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47 |
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48 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual |
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49 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. |
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50 @end ifinfo |
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51 |
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52 @finalout |
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53 |
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54 @titlepage |
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55 @title WoMan |
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56 @subtitle Browse UN*X Manual Pages ``Wo (without) Man'' |
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57 @subtitle Software Version @value{VERSION} |
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58 @author Francis J. Wright |
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59 @sp 2 |
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60 @author School of Mathematical Sciences |
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61 @author Queen Mary and Westfield College |
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62 @author (University of London) |
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63 @author Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK |
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64 @author @email{F.J.Wright@@qmw.ac.uk} |
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65 @author @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/} |
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66 @sp 2 |
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67 @author Manual Last Updated @value{UPDATED} |
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68 |
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69 @comment The following two commands start the copyright page. |
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70 @page |
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71 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll |
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72 Copyright @copyright{} 2000 Francis J. Wright |
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73 |
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74 This manual and the software that it describes are subject to the GNU |
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76 file @file{COPYING}. |
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77 |
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78 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this |
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79 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are |
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80 preserved on all copies. |
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81 |
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82 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this |
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83 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying and provided that the |
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84 entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a |
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85 permission notice identical to this one. |
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86 |
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87 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual |
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88 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. |
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89 @end titlepage |
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90 |
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91 @contents |
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93 @c =================================================================== |
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95 @ifnottex |
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96 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir) |
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97 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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98 @top WoMan: Browse UN*X Manual Pages ``Wo (without) Man'' |
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100 @display |
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101 Software Version @value{VERSION} |
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102 Manual Last Updated @value{UPDATED} |
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104 @email{F.J.Wright@@qmw.ac.uk, Francis J. Wright} |
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105 @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/, School of Mathematical Sciences} |
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106 Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London) |
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107 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK |
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108 @end display |
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109 @end ifnottex |
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111 @menu |
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112 * Introduction:: Introduction |
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113 * Background:: Background |
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114 * Installation:: Installation and Setup |
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115 * Finding:: Finding and Formatting Man Pages |
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116 * Browsing:: Browsing Man Pages |
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117 * Customization:: Customization |
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118 * Log:: The *WoMan-Log* Buffer |
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119 * Technical:: Technical Details |
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120 * Bugs:: Reporting Bugs |
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121 * Acknowledgements:: Acknowledgements |
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122 * Command Index:: Command Index |
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123 * Variable Index:: Variable Index |
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124 * Keystroke Index:: Keystroke Index |
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125 * Concept Index:: Concept Index |
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126 @end menu |
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128 @c =================================================================== |
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130 @node Introduction, Background, Top, Top |
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131 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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132 @chapter Introduction |
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133 @cindex introduction |
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135 This version of WoMan should run with GNU Emacs 20.3 or later on any |
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136 platform. It has not been tested, and may not run, with any other |
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137 version of Emacs. It was developed primarily on various versions of |
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138 Microsoft Windows, but has also been tested on MS-DOS, and various |
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139 versions of UNIX and Linux. |
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140 |
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141 WoMan is distributed with GNU Emacs 21, and the current source code and |
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142 documentation files are available from |
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143 @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/WoMan/, my web server}. |
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145 WoMan implements a subset of the formatting performed by the Emacs |
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146 @code{man} (or @code{manual-entry}) command to format a UN*X-style |
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147 @dfn{manual page} (usually abbreviated to @dfn{man page}) for display, |
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148 but without calling any external programs. It is intended to emulate |
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149 the whole of the @code{ROFF -man} macro package, plus those @code{ROFF} |
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150 requests (@pxref{Background, , Background}) that are most commonly used |
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151 in man pages. However, the emulation is modified to include the |
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152 reformatting done by the Emacs @code{man} command. No hyphenation is |
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153 performed. |
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154 |
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157 Much more direct, does not require any external programs. Supports |
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158 completion on man page names. |
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159 @item Disadvantages |
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161 @code{tbl}. Slightly slower for large man pages (but usually faster for |
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162 small- and medium-size pages). |
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163 @end table |
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165 This browser works quite well on simple well-written man files. It |
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166 works less well on idiosyncratic files that ``break the rules'' or use |
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167 the more obscure @code{ROFF} requests directly. Current test results |
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169 @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/WoMan/woman.status, |
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170 @file{woman.status}}. |
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172 WoMan supports the use of compressed man files via |
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173 @code{auto-compression-mode} by turning it on if necessary. But you may |
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174 need to adjust the user option @code{woman-file-compression-regexp}. |
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175 @xref{Interface Options, , Interface Options}. |
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176 |
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177 Brief help on the WoMan interactive commands and user options, all of |
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178 which begin with the prefix @code{woman-} (or occasionally |
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179 @code{WoMan-}), is available most easily by loading WoMan and then |
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180 either running the command @code{woman-mini-help} or selecting the WoMan |
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181 menu option @samp{Mini Help}. |
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182 |
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183 WoMan is (of course) still under development! Please |
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184 @email{F.J.Wright@@qmw.ac.uk, let me know} what doesn't work -- I am |
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185 adding and improving functionality as testing shows that it is |
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186 necessary. Guidance on reporting bugs is given below. @xref{Bugs, , |
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187 Reporting Bugs}. |
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188 |
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189 @c =================================================================== |
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190 |
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191 @node Background, Installation, Introduction, Top |
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192 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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193 @chapter Background |
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194 @cindex background |
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195 |
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196 WoMan is a browser for traditional UN*X-style manual page documentation. |
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197 Each such document is conventionally referred to as a @dfn{manual page}, |
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198 or @dfn{man page} for short, even though some are very much longer than |
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199 one page. A man page is a document written using the UN*X ``man'' |
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200 macros, which are themselves written in the NROFF/TROFF text processing |
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201 markup language. @code{NROFF} and @code{TROFF} are text processors |
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202 originally written for the UNIX operating system by Joseph F. Ossanna at |
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203 Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA@. They are closely |
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204 related, and except in the few cases where the distinction between them |
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205 is important I will refer to them both ambiguously as @dfn{ROFF}. |
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207 @code{ROFF} markup consists of @dfn{requests} and @dfn{escape |
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208 sequences}. A request occupies a complete line and begins with either a |
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209 period or a single forward quote. An escape sequences is embedded |
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210 within the input text and begins (by default) with a backslash. The |
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211 original man macro package defines 20 new @code{ROFF} requests |
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212 implemented as macros, which were considered to be sufficient for |
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213 writing man pages. But whilst in principle man pages use only the man |
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214 macros, in practice a significant number use many other @code{ROFF} |
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215 requests. |
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216 |
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217 The distinction between @code{TROFF} and @code{NROFF} is that |
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218 @code{TROFF} was designed to drive a phototypesetter whereas |
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219 @code{NROFF} was designed to produce essentially @sc{ascii} output for a |
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220 character-based device similar to a teletypewriter (usually abbreviated |
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221 to ``teletype'' or ``tty''). Hence, @code{TROFF} supports much finer |
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222 control over output positioning than does @code{NROFF} and can be seen |
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223 as a forerunner of @TeX{}. Traditionally, man pages are either |
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224 formatted by @code{TROFF} for typesetting or by @code{NROFF} for |
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225 printing on a character printer or displaying on a screen. Of course, |
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226 over the last 25 years or so, the distinction between typeset output on |
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227 paper and characters on a screen has become blurred by the fact that |
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228 most screens now support bit-mapped displays, so that any information |
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229 that can be printed can also be rendered on screen, the only difference |
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230 being the resolution. |
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231 |
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232 Nevertheless, UN*X-style manual page documentation is still normally |
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233 browsed on screen by running a program called @code{man}. This program |
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234 looks in a predefined set of directories for the man page matching a |
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235 specified topic, then either formats the source file by running |
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236 @code{NROFF} or recovers a pre-formatted file, and displays it via a |
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237 pager such as @code{more}. @code{NROFF} normally formats for a printer, |
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238 so it paginates the output, numbers the pages, etc., most of which is |
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239 irrelevant when the document is browsed as a continuous scrollable |
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240 document on screen. The only concession to on-screen browsing normally |
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241 implemented by the @code{man} program is to squeeze consecutive blank |
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242 lines into a single blank line. |
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243 |
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244 For some time, Emacs has offered an improved interface for browsing man |
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245 pages in the form of the Emacs @code{man} (or @code{manual-entry}) |
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246 command, see @ref{Documentation, man, Documentation Commands, emacs, GNU |
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247 Emacs Manual}. |
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248 This command runs @code{man} as described above, perhaps in |
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249 the background, and then post-processes the output to remove much of the |
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250 @code{NROFF} pagination such as page headers and footers, and places the |
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251 result into an Emacs buffer. It puts this buffer into a special major |
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252 mode, which is tailored for man page browsing, and provides a number of |
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253 useful navigation commands, support for following references, etc. It |
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254 provides some support for special display faces (fonts), but no special |
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255 menu or mouse support. The Emacs man package appears to have been |
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256 developed over about 10 years, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. |
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257 |
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258 There is considerable inefficiency in having @code{NROFF} paginate a |
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259 document and then removing most of the pagination! |
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261 WoMan is an Emacs Lisp library that provides an emulation of the |
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262 functionality of the Emacs @code{man} command, the main difference being |
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263 that WoMan does not use any external programs. The only situation in |
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264 which WoMan might use an external program is when the source file is |
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265 compressed, when WoMan will use the standard Emacs automatic |
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266 decompression facility, which does call an external program. |
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268 I began developing WoMan in the Spring of 1997 and the first version was |
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269 released in May 1997. The original motivation for WoMan was the fact |
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270 that many GNU and UN*X programs are ported to other platforms and come |
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271 with UN*X-style manual page documentation. This may be difficult to |
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272 read because ports of the UN*X-style @code{man} program can be a little |
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273 awkward to set up. I decided that it should not be too hard to emulate |
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274 the 20 @code{man} macros directly, without treating them as macros and |
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275 largely ignoring the underlying @code{ROFF} requests, given the text |
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276 processing capabilities of Emacs. This proved to be essentially true, |
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277 and it did not take a great deal of work to be able to format simple man |
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280 One problem arose with the significant number of man pages that use |
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281 @code{ROFF} requests in addition to the @code{man} macros, and since |
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282 releasing the first version of WoMan I have been continually extending |
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283 it to support more @code{ROFF} requests. WoMan can now format a |
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284 significant proportion of the man pages that I have tested, either well |
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285 or at least readably. However, I have added capabilities partly by |
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286 making additional passes through the document, a design that is |
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287 fundamentally flawed. This can only be solved by a major re-design of |
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288 WoMan to handle the major formatting within a single recursive pass, |
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289 rather than the present multiple passes without any significant |
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290 recursion. There are some @code{ROFF} requests that cannot be handled |
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291 satisfactorily within the present design. Some of these are currently |
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292 handled by kludges that ``usually more or less work''. |
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294 The principle advantage of WoMan is that it does not require @code{man}, |
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295 and indeed the name WoMan is a contraction of ``without man''. But it |
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296 has other advantages. It does not paginate the document, so it does not |
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297 need to un-paginate it again, thereby saving time. It could take full |
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298 advantage of the display capabilities available to it, and I hope to |
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299 develop WoMan to take advantage of developments in Emacs itself. At |
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300 present, WoMan uses several display faces to support bold and italic |
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301 text, to indicate other fonts, etc. The default faces are also |
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302 coloured, but the choice of faces is customizable. WoMan provides menu |
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303 support for navigation and mouse support for following references, in |
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304 addition to the navigation facilities provided by @code{man} mode. |
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305 WoMan has (this) texinfo documentation! |
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307 WoMan @emph{does not} replace @code{man}, although it does use a number |
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308 of the facilities implemented in the Emacs @code{man} library. WoMan |
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309 and man can happily co-exist, which is very useful for comparison and |
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310 debugging purposes. The only way in which WoMan affects @code{man} is |
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311 that it adds a timer to indicate how long @code{man} has taken to format |
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312 a man page. The timing is as compatible as possible with the timing |
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313 built into WoMan, for as fair a comparison as possible. The time |
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314 comparison seems to depend on the details of the platform, the version |
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315 of @code{man} in use, etc, but times are similar and WoMan is never |
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316 significantly slower than @code{man}. This is despite the fact that |
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317 WoMan is running byte code whereas most of the formatting done by |
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318 @code{man} uses machine code, and is a testimony to the quality of the |
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319 Emacs Lisp system. |
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321 @code{NROFF} simulates non-@sc{ascii} characters by using one or more |
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322 @sc{ascii} characters. WoMan should be able to do much better than |
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323 this. I have recently begun to add support for WoMan to use more of the |
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324 characters in its default font and to use a symbol font, and it is an |
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325 aspect that I intend to develop further in the near future. It should |
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326 be possible to move WoMan from an emulation of @code{NROFF} to an |
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327 emulation of @code{TROFF} as GNU Emacs moves to providing bit-mapped |
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328 display facilities. |
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330 @c =================================================================== |
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331 |
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332 @node Installation, Finding, Background, Top |
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333 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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334 @chapter Installation and Setup |
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335 @cindex installation |
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336 @cindex setup |
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338 No installation is necessary if you just want to run the version of |
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339 WoMan distributed with GNU Emacs 21 or later, although some additional |
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340 setup may still be desirable. |
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342 If you are installing @file{woman.el}, either to update the version |
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343 distributed with GNU Emacs or because WoMan was not distributed with |
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344 your version of Emacs, then you need to put the file in a directory in |
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345 your Emacs load path and byte compile it. A good directory to use is |
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346 the @file{site-lisp} directory in your Emacs file tree, e.g.@: |
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347 @file{/usr/local/share/emacs/@var{version}/site-lisp/} (where |
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348 @var{version} is your Emacs version), provided you have write access to |
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349 it. If you use a directory that is not included by default in your |
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350 Emacs load path then you need to add something like this to your |
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351 @file{.emacs} initialisation file: |
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352 |
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353 @lisp |
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355 @end lisp |
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357 @noindent |
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358 where @file{my-lisp} is the pathname of the directory. @xref{Init File, , |
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359 The Init File ~/.emacs, emacs, The Emacs Editor}, for further details on |
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360 customizing Emacs in general. |
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362 You can byte-compile the file by using the Emacs command |
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363 @code{byte-compile-file} or by opening the directory containing the |
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364 file, putting point on it and pressing the key @kbd{B}. (In fact, if |
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365 the file is compiled then it is only the compiled file that needs to be |
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366 in the Emacs load path, but leaving the source file there will do no |
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367 harm.) |
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369 @heading Setup |
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371 Setup that is either necessary or desirable consists of adding a small |
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372 amount of Emacs Lisp code to your @file{.emacs} initialisation file. It |
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373 may be necessary (or at least convenient) to make WoMan autoload (if you |
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374 are not running GNU Emacs 21 or later) and to set the search path used |
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375 by the @code{woman} interface. You may also find it convenient to make |
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376 various WoMan menu and key bindings available and to make WoMan |
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377 customizable even before WoMan has been loaded. |
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380 from inside Emacs) by suitably configuring your command interpreter. |
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382 @menu |
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383 * Autoloading:: Autoloading |
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384 * Search Path:: Search Path |
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385 * Auto Bindings:: Preloading Menu and Key Bindings |
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386 * Auto Customization:: Preloading Customization |
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387 * Command Line:: Command Line Access |
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388 @end menu |
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389 |
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390 |
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391 @node Autoloading, Search Path, Installation, Installation |
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392 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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393 @section Autoloading |
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394 @cindex autoloading |
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395 |
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396 If you are not running GNU Emacs 21 or later then you are recommended to |
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397 add these autoloads to your @file{.emacs} file: |
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398 |
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399 @lisp |
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400 (autoload 'woman "woman" |
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401 "Decode and browse a UN*X man page." t) |
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402 (autoload 'woman-find-file "woman" |
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403 "Find, decode and browse a specific UN*X man-page file." t) |
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404 (autoload 'woman-dired-find-file "woman" |
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405 "In dired, run the WoMan man-page browser on this file." t) |
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406 @end lisp |
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407 |
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408 @noindent |
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409 (In GNU Emacs 21 and later these autoloads are predefined.) |
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410 |
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411 |
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412 @node Search Path, Auto Bindings, Autoloading, Installation |
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413 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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414 @section Search Path |
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415 @cindex search path |
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416 |
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417 The next step is necessary if you want to use the friendliest WoMan |
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418 interface, which is recommended in general. If the @code{MANPATH} |
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419 environment variable is set then WoMan will use it; alternatively (or |
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420 additionally), if your platform uses a man configuration file (as do |
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421 many versions of Linux) then WoMan will use it, provided it can find it. |
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422 (This may need configuration. @xref{Interface Options, , Interface |
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423 Options}.) If these mechanisms correctly define the search path for man |
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424 pages then no further action is required. |
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425 |
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426 Otherwise you may need to customize the user option |
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427 @code{woman-manpath}, and you may also want to customize the user option |
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428 @code{woman-path}. @xref{Customization, , Customization}. Now you can |
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429 execute the extended command @code{woman} and enter or select a manual |
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430 topic using completion, and if necessary select a filename, again using |
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431 completion. By default, WoMan suggests the word nearest to point in the |
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432 current buffer as the topic. |
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433 |
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434 |
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435 @node Auto Bindings, Auto Customization, Search Path, Installation |
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436 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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437 @section Preloading Menu and Key Bindings |
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438 @cindex preloading menu and key bindings |
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439 @cindex menu bindings, preloading |
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440 @cindex key bindings, preloading |
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441 @cindex bindings, preloading |
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442 |
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443 Once WoMan is loaded it adds an item to the @samp{Help} menu and defines |
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444 one or more keys in dired mode to run WoMan on the current file. If you |
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445 would like these facilities always to be available, even before WoMan is |
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446 loaded, then add the following to your @file{.emacs} file: |
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447 |
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448 @lisp |
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449 (define-key-after menu-bar-manuals-menu [woman] |
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450 '(menu-item "Read Man Page (WoMan)..." woman |
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451 :help "Man-page documentation Without Man") t) |
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452 |
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453 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook |
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454 (lambda () |
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455 (define-key dired-mode-map "W" 'woman-dired-find-file))) |
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456 @end lisp |
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457 |
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458 (By default, WoMan will automatically define the dired keys @kbd{W} and |
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459 @kbd{w} when it loads, but only if they are not already defined. This |
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460 behaviour is controlled by the user option @code{woman-dired-keys}. |
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461 Note that the @code{dired-x} (dired extra) package binds |
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462 @code{dired-copy-filename-as-kill} to the key @kbd{w}, although @kbd{W} |
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463 appears to be unused. The @code{dired-x} package will over-write the |
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464 WoMan binding for @kbd{w}, whereas (by default) WoMan will not overwrite |
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465 the @code{dired-x} binding.) |
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466 |
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468 @node Auto Customization, Command Line, Auto Bindings, Installation |
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469 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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470 @section Preloading Customization |
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471 @cindex preloading customization |
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472 @cindex customization, preloading |
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474 WoMan supports the GNU Emacs 20+ customization facility, and puts a |
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475 customization group called @code{WoMan} in the @code{Help} group under |
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476 the top-level @code{Emacs} group. In order to be able to customize |
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477 WoMan without first loading it, add the following to your @file{.emacs} |
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478 file: |
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479 |
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480 @lisp |
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481 (defgroup woman nil |
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482 "Browse UNIX manual pages `wo (without) man'." |
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483 :tag "WoMan" :group 'help :load "woman") |
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484 @end lisp |
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487 @node Command Line, , Auto Customization, Installation |
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488 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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489 @section Command Line Access |
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490 @cindex command line access |
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492 If you really want to square the man-woman circle then you can! If you |
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493 run the GNU command interpreter @code{bash} then you might care to |
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494 define the following @code{bash} function in your @code{bash} |
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495 initialisation file @file{.bashrc}: |
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496 |
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497 @example |
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498 man() @{ gnudoit -q '(raise-frame (selected-frame)) (woman' \"$1\" ')' ; @} |
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499 @end example |
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502 @file{cmd.exe}) then you can create a file called @file{man.bat} |
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503 somewhere in your path containing the two lines: |
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505 @example |
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506 @@echo off |
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507 gnudoit -q (raise-frame (selected-frame)) (woman \"%1\") |
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508 @end example |
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510 and then (e.g.@: from a command prompt or the @samp{Run...} option in the |
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511 Windows @samp{Start} menu) just execute |
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512 |
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513 @example |
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514 man man_page_name |
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515 @end example |
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517 (Of course, if you already have a @code{man} command installed then you |
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518 could call these commands @code{woman} instead of @code{man}.) |
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520 The above examples assume that you have the @code{gnuserv} Emacs |
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521 client-server package installed (which I recommend). It would be |
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522 possible to do something similar by calling Emacs directly, but that is |
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523 less satisfactory, because you are likely to end up with multiple copies |
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524 of Emacs running, which is generally inelegant, inefficient and |
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525 inconvenient. If you run a different command interpreter then something |
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526 similar to the above suggestions should be possible. |
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527 |
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528 @c =================================================================== |
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529 |
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530 @node Finding, Browsing, Installation, Top |
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531 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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532 @chapter Finding and Formatting Man Pages |
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533 @cindex using, finding man pages |
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534 @cindex using, formatting man pages |
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535 @cindex finding man pages |
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536 @cindex formatting man pages |
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537 @cindex man pages, finding |
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538 @cindex man pages, formatting |
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539 |
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540 WoMan provides three user interfaces for finding and formatting man pages: |
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542 @itemize @bullet |
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543 @item |
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544 a topic interface similar to that provided by the standard Emacs |
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545 @code{man} command; |
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546 |
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547 @item |
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548 a family of filename interfaces analogous to the standard Emacs |
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549 @code{view-file} command; |
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551 @item |
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552 an automatic interface that detects the file type from its contents. |
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553 (This is currently neither well tested, well supported nor recommended!) |
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554 @end itemize |
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556 The topic and filename interfaces support completion in the usual way. |
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558 The topic interface is generally the most convenient for regular use, |
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559 although it may require some special setup, especially if your machine |
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561 WoMan tries to detect). |
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563 The simplest filename interface command @code{woman-find-file} can |
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564 always be used with no setup at all (provided WoMan is installed and |
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565 loaded or set up to autoload). |
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567 The automatic interface always requires special setup. |
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570 @heading Case-Dependence of Filenames |
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572 @cindex case-sensitivity |
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573 @vindex w32-downcase-file-names |
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574 By default, WoMan ignores case in file pathnames only when it seems |
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575 appropriate. Microsoft Windows users who want complete case |
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576 independence should set the special NTEmacs variable |
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577 @code{w32-downcase-file-names} to @code{t} and use all lower case when |
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578 setting WoMan file paths. |
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581 @menu |
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582 * Topic:: Topic Interface |
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583 * Filename:: Filename Interface |
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584 * Automatic:: Automatic Interface |
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585 @end menu |
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587 @node Topic, Filename, Finding, Finding |
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588 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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589 @section Topic Interface |
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590 @cindex topic interface |
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592 The topic interface is accessed principally via the command |
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593 @code{woman}. The same command can be accessed via the menu item |
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594 @samp{Help->Manuals->Read Man Page (WoMan)...} either once WoMan has been |
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595 loaded or if it is set up specially. @xref{Installation, , Installation |
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596 and Setup}. The command reads a manual topic in the minibuffer, which |
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597 can be the @dfn{basename} of a man file anywhere in the man file |
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598 structure. The ``basename'' in this context means the filename without |
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599 any directory component and without any extension or suffix components |
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600 that relate to the file type. So, for example, if there is a compressed |
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601 source file in Chapter 5 of the UNIX Programmer's Manual with the full |
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602 pathname @file{/usr/local/man/man5/man.conf.5.gz} then the topic is |
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603 @code{man.conf}. Provided WoMan is configured correctly, this topic |
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604 will appear among the completions offered by @code{woman}. If more than |
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605 one file has the same topic name then WoMan will prompt for which file |
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606 to format. Completion of topics is case insensitive. |
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608 Clearly, @code{woman} has to know where to look for man files and there |
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609 are two customizable user options that store this information: |
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610 @code{woman-manpath} and @code{woman-path}. @xref{Interface Options, , |
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611 Interface Options}. If @code{woman-manpath} is not set explicitly then |
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612 WoMan tries to pick up the information that would be used by the |
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613 @code{man} command, as follows. If the environment variable |
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614 @code{MANPATH} is set, which seems to be the standard mechanism under |
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615 UNIX, then WoMan parses that. Otherwise, if WoMan can find a |
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616 configuration file named (by default) @file{man.conf} (or something very |
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617 similar), which seems to be the standard mechanism under GNU/Linux, then |
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618 it parses that. To be precise, ``something very similar'' means having |
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619 two name components separated by a dot and respectively containing |
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620 ``man'' and beginning with ``conf'', e.g.@: @file{manual.configuration}. |
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621 The search path and/or precise full path name for this file are set by |
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622 the value of the customizable user option @code{woman-man.conf-path}. |
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623 If all else fails, WoMan uses a plausible default man search path. |
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625 If the above default configuration does not work correctly for any |
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626 reason then simply customize the value of @code{woman-manpath}. To |
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627 access man files that are not in a conventional man file hierarchy, |
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628 customize the value of @code{woman-path} to include the directories |
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629 containing the files. In this way, @code{woman} can access manual files |
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630 @emph{anywhere} in the entire file system. |
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632 There are two differences between @code{woman-manpath} and |
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633 @code{woman-path}. Firstly, the elements of @code{woman-manpath} must |
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634 be directories that contain @emph{directories of} man files, whereas the |
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635 elements of @code{woman-path} must be directories that contain man files |
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636 @emph{directly}. Secondly, the last directory component of each element |
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637 of @code{woman-path} is treated as a regular (Emacs) match expression |
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638 rather than a fixed name, which allows collections of related |
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639 directories to be specified succinctly. |
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641 For topic completion to work, WoMan must build a list of all the manual |
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642 files that it can access, which can be very slow, especially if a |
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643 network is involved. For this reason, it caches various amounts of |
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644 information, after which retrieving it from the cache is very fast. If |
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645 the cache ever gets out of synchronism with reality, running the |
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646 @code{woman} command with a prefix argument (e.g.@: @kbd{C-u M-x woman}) |
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647 will force it to rebuild its cache. This is necessary only if the names |
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648 or locations of any man files change; it is not necessary if only their |
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649 contents change. It would always be necessary if such a change occurred |
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650 whilst Emacs were running and after WoMan has been loaded. It may be |
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651 necessary if such a change occurs between Emacs sessions and persistent |
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652 caching is used, although WoMan can detect some changes that invalidate |
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653 its cache and rebuild it automatically. |
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654 |
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655 Customize the variable @code{woman-cache-filename} to save the cache |
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656 between Emacs sessions. This is recommended only if the @code{woman} |
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657 command is too slow the first time it is run in an Emacs session, while |
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658 it builds its cache in main memory, which @emph{may} be @emph{very} |
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659 slow. @xref{Cache, , The WoMan Topic Cache}, for further details. |
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660 |
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661 |
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662 @menu |
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663 * Cache:: The WoMan Topic Cache |
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664 * Word at point:: Using the ``Word at Point'' as a Topic Suggestion |
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665 @end menu |
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666 |
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667 @node Cache, Word at point, Topic, Topic |
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668 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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669 @subsection The WoMan Topic Cache |
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670 @cindex topic cache |
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671 @cindex cache, topic |
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672 |
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673 The amount of information that WoMan caches (in main memory and, |
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674 optionally, saved to disc) is controlled by the user option |
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675 @code{woman-cache-level}. There is a trade-off between the speed with |
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676 which WoMan can find a file and the size of the cache, and the default |
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677 setting gives a reasonable compromise. |
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678 |
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679 The @code{woman} command always performs a certain amount of caching in |
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680 main memory, but it can also write its cache to the filestore as a |
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681 persistent cache under control of the user option |
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682 @code{woman-cache-filename}. If persistent caching is turned on then |
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683 WoMan re-loads its internal cache from the cache file almost |
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684 instantaneously, so that there is never any perceptible start-up delay |
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685 @emph{except} when WoMan rebuilds its cache. Persistent caching is |
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686 currently turned off by default. This is because users with persistent |
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687 caching turned on may overlook the need to force WoMan to rebuild its |
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688 cache the first time they run it after they have installed new man |
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689 files; with persistent caching turned off, WoMan automatically rebuilds |
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690 its cache every time it is run in a new Emacs session. |
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691 |
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692 A prefix argument always causes the @code{woman} command (only) to |
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693 rebuild its topic cache, and to re-save it to |
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694 @code{woman-cache-filename} if this variable has a non-nil value. This |
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695 is necessary if the @emph{names} of any of the directories or files in |
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696 the paths specified by @code{woman-manpath} or @code{woman-path} change. |
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697 If WoMan user options that affect the cache are changed then WoMan will |
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698 automatically update its cache file on disc (if one is in use) the next |
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699 time it is run in a new Emacs session. |
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700 |
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701 |
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702 @node Word at point, , Cache, Topic |
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703 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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704 @subsection Using the ``Word at Point'' as a Topic Suggestion |
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705 @cindex word at point |
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706 @cindex point, word at |
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707 |
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708 By default, the @code{woman} command uses the word nearest to point in |
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709 the current buffer as a suggestion for the topic to look up. The topic |
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710 must be confirmed or edited in the minibuffer. This suggestion can be |
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711 turned off, or @code{woman} can use the suggested topic without |
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712 confirmation if possible, which is controlled by customizing the user |
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713 option @code{woman-topic-at-point} to @code{nil} or @code{t} |
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714 respectively. (Its default value is neither @code{nil} nor @code{t}, |
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715 meaning ask for confirmation.) |
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716 |
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717 The variable @code{woman-topic-at-point} can also be rebound locally |
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718 (using @code{let}), which may be useful to provide special private key |
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719 bindings, e.g.@: this key binding for @kbd{C-c w} runs WoMan on the topic |
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720 at point without seeking confirmation: |
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721 |
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722 @lisp |
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723 (global-set-key "\C-cw" |
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724 (lambda () |
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725 (interactive) |
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726 (let ((woman-topic-at-point t)) |
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727 (woman)))) |
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728 @end lisp |
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729 |
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730 |
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731 @node Filename, Automatic, Topic, Finding |
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732 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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733 @section Filename Interface |
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734 @cindex filename interface |
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735 |
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736 The commands in this family are completely independent of the topic |
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737 interface, caching mechanism, etc. |
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738 |
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739 @findex woman-find-file |
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740 The filename interface is accessed principally via the extended command |
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741 @code{woman-find-file}, which is available without any configuration at |
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742 all (provided WoMan is installed and loaded or set up to autoload). |
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743 This command can be used to browse any accessible man file, regardless |
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744 of its filename or location. If the file is compressed then automatic |
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745 file decompression must already be turned on (e.g.@: see the |
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746 @samp{Help->Options} submenu) -- it is turned on automatically only by |
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747 the @code{woman} topic interface. |
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748 |
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749 @findex woman-dired-find-file |
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750 Once WoMan is loaded (or if specially set up), various additional |
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751 commands in this family are available. In a dired buffer, the command |
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752 @code{woman-dired-find-file} allows the file on the same line as point |
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753 to be formatted and browsed by WoMan. It is bound to the key @kbd{W} in |
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754 the dired mode map and added to the dired major mode menu. It may also |
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755 be bound to @kbd{w}, unless this key is bound by another library, which |
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756 it is by @code{dired-x}, for example. Because it is quite likely that |
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757 other libraries will extend the capabilities of such a commonly used |
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758 mode as dired, the precise key bindings added by WoMan to the dired mode |
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759 map are controlled by the user option @code{woman-dired-keys}. |
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760 |
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761 @findex woman-tar-extract-file |
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762 When a tar (Tape ARchive) file is visited in Emacs, it is opened in tar |
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763 mode, which parses the tar file and shows a dired-like view of its |
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764 contents. The WoMan command @code{woman-tar-extract-file} allows the |
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765 file on the same line as point to be formatted and browsed by WoMan. It |
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766 is bound to the key @kbd{w} in the tar mode map and added to the tar |
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767 major mode menu. |
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768 |
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769 The command @code{woman-reformat-last-file}, which is bound to the key |
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770 @kbd{R} in WoMan mode and available on the major mode menu, reformats |
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771 the last file formatted by WoMan. This may occasionally be useful if |
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772 formatting parameters, such as the fill column, are changed, or perhaps |
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773 if the buffer is somehow corrupted. |
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774 |
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775 @findex woman-decode-buffer |
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776 The command @code{woman-decode-buffer} can be used to decode and browse |
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777 the current buffer if it is visiting a man file, although it is |
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778 primarily used internally by WoMan. |
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779 |
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780 |
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781 @node Automatic, , Filename, Finding |
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782 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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783 @section Automatic Interface |
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784 @cindex automatic interface |
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785 |
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786 Emacs provides an interface to detect automatically the format of a file |
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787 and decode it when it is visited. It is used primarily by the |
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788 facilities for editing rich (i.e.@: formatted) text, as a way to store |
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789 formatting information transparently as @sc{ascii} markup. WoMan can in |
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790 principle use this interface, but it must be configured explicitly. |
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791 |
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792 This use of WoMan does not seem to be particularly advantageous, so it |
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793 is not really supported. It originated during early experiments on how |
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794 best to implement WoMan, before I implemented the current topic |
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795 interface, and I subsequently stopped using it. I might revive it as a |
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796 mechanism for storing pre-formatted WoMan files, somewhat analogous to |
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797 the standard UN*X @code{catman} facility. In the meantime, it exists |
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798 for anyone who wants to experiment with it. Once it is set up it is |
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799 simply a question of visiting the file and there is no WoMan-specific |
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800 user interface! |
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801 |
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802 To use it, put something like this in your @file{.emacs} file. [The |
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803 call to @code{set-visited-file-name} is to avoid font-locking triggered |
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804 by automatic major mode selection.] |
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805 |
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806 @lisp |
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807 (autoload 'woman-decode-region "woman") |
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808 |
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809 (add-to-list 'format-alist |
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810 '(man "UN*X man-page source format" "\\.\\(TH\\|ig\\) " |
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811 woman-decode-region nil nil |
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812 (lambda (arg) |
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813 set-visited-file-name |
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814 (file-name-sans-extension buffer-file-name)))) |
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815 @end lisp |
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816 |
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817 @c =================================================================== |
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818 |
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819 @node Browsing, Customization, Finding, Top |
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820 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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821 @chapter Browsing Man Pages |
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822 @cindex using, browsing man pages |
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823 @cindex browsing man pages |
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824 @cindex man pages, browsing |
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825 |
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826 Once a man page has been found and formatted, WoMan provides a browsing |
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827 interface that is essentially the same as that provided by the standard |
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828 Emacs @code{man} command (and much of the code is inherited from the |
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829 @code{man} library, which WoMan currently requires). Many WoMan |
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830 facilities can be accessed from the WoMan major mode menu as well as via |
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831 key bindings, etc. |
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832 |
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833 WoMan does not produce any page breaks or page numbers, and in fact does |
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834 not paginate the man page at all, since this is not appropriate for |
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835 continuous online browsing. It produces a document header line that is |
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836 constructed from the standard man page header and footer. Apart from |
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837 that, the appearance of the formatted man page should be almost |
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838 identical to what would be produced by @code{man}, with consecutive |
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839 blank lines squeezed to a single blank line. |
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840 |
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841 @menu |
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842 * Fonts:: Fonts and Faces |
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843 * Navigation:: Navigation |
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844 * References:: Following References |
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845 * Changing:: Changing the Current Man Page |
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846 * Convenience:: Convenience Key Bindings |
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847 * Imenu:: Imenu Support; Contents Menu |
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848 @end menu |
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849 |
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850 @node Fonts, Navigation, Browsing, Browsing |
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851 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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852 @section Fonts and Faces |
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853 @cindex fonts |
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854 @cindex faces |
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855 |
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856 Fonts used by @code{ROFF} are handled by WoMan as faces, the details of |
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857 which are customizable. @xref{Faces, , Faces}. WoMan supports both the |
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858 italic and bold fonts normally used in man pages, together with a single |
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859 face to represent all unknown fonts (which are occasionally used in |
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860 ``non-standard'' man pages, usually to represent a ``typewriter'' font) |
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861 and a face to indicate additional symbols introduced by WoMan. This |
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862 currently means the characters ^ and _ used to indicate super- and |
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863 sub-scripts, which are not displayed well by WoMan. |
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864 |
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865 |
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866 @node Navigation, References, Fonts, Browsing |
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867 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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868 @section Navigation |
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869 @cindex navigation |
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870 |
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871 Man (and hence WoMan) mode can be thought of as a superset of view mode. |
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872 The buffer cannot be edited, so keys that would normally self-insert are |
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873 used for navigation. The WoMan key bindings are a minor modification of |
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874 the @code{man} key bindings. |
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875 |
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876 @table @kbd |
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877 @item @key{SPC} |
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878 @kindex SPC |
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879 @findex scroll-up |
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880 Scroll the man page up the window (@code{scroll-up}). |
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881 |
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882 @item @key{DEL} |
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883 @kindex DEL |
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884 @findex scroll-down |
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885 Scroll the man page down the window (@code{scroll-down}). |
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886 |
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887 @item n |
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888 @kindex n |
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889 @findex Man-next-section |
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890 Move point to the Nth next section -- default 1 (@code{Man-next-section}). |
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891 |
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892 @item p |
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893 @kindex p |
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894 @findex Man-previous-section |
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895 Move point to Nth previous section -- default 1 |
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896 (@code{Man-previous-section}). |
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897 |
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898 @item g |
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899 @kindex g |
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900 @findex Man-goto-section |
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901 Move point to the specified section (@code{Man-goto-section}). |
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903 @item s |
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904 @kindex s |
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905 @findex Man-goto-see-also-section |
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906 Move point to the ``SEE ALSO'' section |
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907 (@code{Man-goto-see-also-section}). Actually the section moved to is |
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908 described by @code{Man-see-also-regexp}. |
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909 @end table |
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910 |
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911 |
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912 @node References, Changing, Navigation, Browsing |
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913 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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914 @section Following References |
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915 @cindex following references |
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916 @cindex references |
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917 |
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918 Man pages usually contain a ``SEE ALSO'' section containing references |
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919 to other man pages. If these man pages are installed then WoMan can |
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920 easily be directed to follow the reference, i.e.@: to find and format the |
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921 man page. When the mouse is passed over a correctly formatted reference |
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922 it is highlighted, in which case clicking the middle button |
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923 @key{mouse-2} will cause WoMan to follow the reference. Alternatively, |
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924 when point is over such a reference the key @key{RET} will follow the |
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925 reference. |
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926 |
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927 Any word in the buffer can be used as a reference by clicking |
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928 @key{mouse-2} over it provided the Meta key is also used (although in |
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929 general such a ``reference'' will not lead to a man page). |
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930 Alternatively, the key @kbd{r} allows completion to be used to select a |
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931 reference to follow, based on the word at point as default. |
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932 |
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933 @table @kbd |
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934 @item @key{mouse-2} |
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935 @kindex mouse-2 |
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936 @findex woman-mouse-2 |
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937 Run WoMan with word under mouse as topic (@code{woman-mouse-2}). The |
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938 word must be mouse-highlighted unless @code{woman-mouse-2} is used with |
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939 the Meta key. |
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940 |
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941 @item @key{RET} |
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942 @kindex RET |
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943 @findex man-follow |
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944 Get the man page for the topic under (or nearest to) point |
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945 (@code{man-follow}). |
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946 |
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947 @item r |
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948 @kindex r |
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949 @findex Man-follow-manual-reference |
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950 Get one of the man pages referred to in the ``SEE ALSO'' section |
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951 (@code{Man-follow-manual-reference}). Specify which reference to use; |
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952 default is based on word at point. |
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953 @end table |
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954 |
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955 |
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956 @node Changing, Convenience, References, Browsing |
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957 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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958 @section Changing the Current Man Page |
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959 @cindex changing current man page |
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960 @cindex current man page, changing |
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961 |
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962 The man page currently being browsed by WoMan can be changed in several |
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963 ways. The command @code{woman} can be invoked to format another man |
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964 page, or the current WoMan buffer can be buried or killed. WoMan |
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965 maintains a ring of formatted man pages, and it is possible to move |
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966 forwards and backwards in this ring by moving to the next or previous |
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967 man page. It is sometimes useful to reformat the current page, for |
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968 example after the right margin (the wrap column) or some other |
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969 formatting parameter has been changed. |
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970 |
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971 Buffers formatted by Man and WoMan are completely unrelated, even though |
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972 some of the commands to manipulate them are superficially the same (and |
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973 share code). |
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974 |
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975 @table @kbd |
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976 @item m |
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977 @kindex m |
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978 @findex man |
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979 Run the command @code{man} to get a Un*x manual page and put it in a |
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980 buffer. This command is the top-level command in the man package. It |
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981 runs a Un*x command to retrieve and clean a man page in the background |
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982 and places the results in a Man mode (man page browsing) buffer. If a |
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983 man buffer already exists for this man page, it will display |
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984 immediately. This works exactly the same if WoMan is loaded, except |
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985 that the formatting time is displayed in the mini-buffer. |
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986 |
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987 @item w |
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988 @kindex w |
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989 @findex woman |
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990 Run the command @code{woman} exactly as if the extended command or menu |
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991 item had been used. |
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992 |
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993 @item q |
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994 @kindex q |
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995 @findex Man-quit |
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996 Bury the buffer containing the current man page (@code{Man-quit}), |
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997 i.e.@: move it to the bottom of the buffer stack. |
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998 |
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999 @item k |
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1000 @kindex k |
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1001 @findex Man-kill |
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1002 Kill the buffer containing the current man page (@code{Man-kill}), |
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1003 i.e.@: delete it completely so that it can be retrieved only by formatting |
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1004 the page again. |
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1005 |
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1006 @item M-p |
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1007 @kindex M-p |
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1008 @findex WoMan-previous-manpage |
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1009 Find the previous WoMan buffer (@code{WoMan-previous-manpage}). |
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1010 |
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1011 @item M-n |
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1012 @kindex M-n |
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1013 @findex WoMan-next-manpage |
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1014 Find the next WoMan buffer (@code{WoMan-next-manpage}). |
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1015 |
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1016 @item R |
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1017 @kindex R |
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1018 @findex woman-reformat-last-file |
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1019 Call WoMan to reformat the last man page formatted by WoMan |
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1020 (@code{woman-reformat-last-file}), e.g.@: after changing the fill column. |
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1021 @end table |
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1024 @node Convenience, Imenu, Changing, Browsing |
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1025 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1026 @section Convenience Key Bindings |
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1027 @cindex convenience key bindings |
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1028 @cindex key bindings, convenience |
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1029 |
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1030 @table @kbd |
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1031 @item - |
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1032 @kindex - |
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1033 @findex negative-argument |
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1034 Begin a negative numeric argument for the next command |
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1035 (@code{negative-argument}). |
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1036 |
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1037 @item 0 .. 9 |
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1038 @kindex 0 .. 9 |
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1039 @findex digit-argument |
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1040 Part of the numeric argument for the next command |
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1041 (@code{digit-argument}). |
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1042 |
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1043 @item < |
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1044 @kindex < |
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1045 @itemx . |
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1046 @kindex . |
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1047 @findex beginning-of-buffer |
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1048 Move point to the beginning of the buffer; leave mark at previous |
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1049 position (@code{beginning-of-buffer}). |
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1050 |
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1051 @item > |
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1052 @kindex > |
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1053 @findex end-of-buffer |
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1054 Move point to the end of the buffer; leave mark at previous position |
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1055 (@code{end-of-buffer}). |
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1056 |
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1057 @item ? |
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1058 @kindex ? |
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1059 @findex describe-mode |
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1060 Display documentation of current major mode and minor modes |
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1061 (@code{describe-mode}). The major mode description comes first, |
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1062 followed by the minor modes, each on a separate page. |
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1063 @end table |
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1064 |
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1065 |
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1066 @node Imenu, , Convenience, Browsing |
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1067 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1068 @section Imenu Support; Contents Menu |
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1069 @cindex imenu support |
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1070 @cindex contents menu |
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1071 |
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1072 The WoMan menu provides an option to make a contents menu for the |
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1073 current man page (using @code{imenu}). Alternatively, if you customize |
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1074 the option @code{woman-imenu} to @code{t} then WoMan will do it |
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1075 automatically for every man page. The menu title is set by the option |
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1076 @code{woman-imenu-title}, which is ``CONTENTS'' by default. The menu |
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1077 shows manual sections and subsections by default, but you can change |
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1078 this by customizing @code{woman-imenu-generic-expression}. |
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1079 |
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1080 WoMan is configured not to replace spaces in an imenu |
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1081 @code{*Completion*} buffer. For further documentation on the use of |
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1082 imenu, such as menu sorting, see the source file @file{imenu.el}, which |
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1083 is distributed with GNU Emacs. |
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1084 |
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1085 @c =================================================================== |
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1086 |
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1087 @node Customization, Log, Browsing, Top |
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1088 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1089 @chapter Customization |
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1090 @cindex customization |
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1091 |
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1092 All WoMan user options are customizable, and it is recommended to change |
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1093 them only via the standard Emacs customization facilities. WoMan |
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1094 defines a top-level customization group called @code{WoMan} under the |
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1095 parent group @code{Help}. The WoMan customization group is available |
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1096 only once WoMan has been loaded unless it is specially set up to be |
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1097 automatically available. @xref{Auto Customization, , Preloading |
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1098 Customization}. It can be accessed either via the standard Emacs |
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1099 facilities, e.g.@: via the @samp{Help->Customize} submenu, or via the |
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1100 WoMan major mode menu. |
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1101 |
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1102 The top-level WoMan group contains only a few general options and three |
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1103 subgroups. The hooks are provided only for special purposes that, for |
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1104 example, require code to be executed, and should be changed only via |
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1105 @code{Customization} or the function @code{add-hook}. Most |
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1106 customization should be possible via existing user options. |
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1107 |
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1108 @vtable @code |
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1109 @item woman-show-log |
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1110 A boolean value that defaults to nil. If non-nil then show the |
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1111 @code{*WoMan-Log*} buffer if appropriate, i.e.@: if any warning messages |
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1112 are written to it. @xref{Log, , The *WoMan-Log* Buffer}. |
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1113 |
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1114 @item woman-pre-format-hook |
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1115 A hook run immediately before formatting a buffer. It might, for |
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1116 example, be used for face customization. @xref{Faces, , Faces}, |
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1117 however. |
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1118 |
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1119 @item woman-post-format-hook |
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1120 A hook run immediately after formatting a buffer. It might, for |
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1121 example, be used for installing a dynamic menu using @code{imenu}. |
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1122 (However. in this case it is better to use the built-in WoMan |
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1123 @code{imenu} support. @xref{Imenu, , Imenu Support; Contents Menu}.) |
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1124 @end vtable |
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1125 |
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1126 @heading Customization Subgroups |
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1127 |
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1128 @table @code |
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1129 @item WoMan Interface |
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1130 These options control the process of locating the appropriate file to |
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1131 browse, and the appearance of the browsing interface. |
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1132 |
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1133 @item WoMan Formatting |
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1134 These options control the layout that WoMan uses to format the man page. |
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1135 |
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1136 @item WoMan Faces |
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1137 These options control the display faces that WoMan uses to format the |
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1138 man page. |
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1139 @end table |
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1140 |
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1141 @menu |
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1142 * Interface Options:: |
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1143 * Formatting Options:: |
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1144 * Faces:: |
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1145 * Special symbols:: |
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1146 @end menu |
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1147 |
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1148 @node Interface Options, Formatting Options, Customization, Customization |
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1149 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1150 @section Interface Options |
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1151 @cindex interface options |
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1152 |
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1153 These options control the process of locating the appropriate file to |
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1154 browse, and the appearance of the browsing interface. |
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1155 |
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1156 @vtable @code |
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1157 @item woman-man.conf-path |
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1158 A list of strings representing directories to search and/or files to try |
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1159 for a man configuration file. The default is |
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1160 |
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1161 @lisp |
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1162 ("/etc" "/usr/local/lib") |
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1163 @end lisp |
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1164 |
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1165 @noindent |
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1166 [for GNU/Linux and Cygwin respectively.] A trailing separator (@file{/} |
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1167 for UNIX etc.) on directories is optional and the filename matched if a |
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1168 directory is specified is the first to match the regexp |
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1169 @code{man.*\.conf}. If the environment variable @code{MANPATH} is not |
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1170 set but a configuration file is found then it is parsed instead (or as |
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1171 well) to provide a default value for @code{woman-manpath}. |
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1172 |
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1173 @item woman-manpath |
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1174 A list of strings representing @emph{directory trees} to search for UN*X |
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1175 manual files. Each element should be the name of a directory that |
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1176 contains subdirectories of the form @file{man?}, or more precisely |
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1177 subdirectories selected by the value of @code{woman-manpath-man-regexp}. |
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1178 Non-directory and unreadable files are ignored. |
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1179 |
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1180 @cindex @code{MANPATH}, environment variable |
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1181 If not set then the environment variable @code{MANPATH} is used. If no |
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1182 such environment variable is found, the default list is determined by |
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1183 consulting the man configuration file if found. By default this is |
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1184 expected to be either @file{/etc/man.config} or |
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1185 @file{/usr/local/lib/man.conf}, which is controlled by the user option |
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1186 @code{woman-man.conf-path}. An empty substring of @code{MANPATH} |
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1187 denotes the default list. Otherwise, the default value of this variable |
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1188 is |
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1189 |
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1190 @lisp |
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1191 ("/usr/man" "/usr/local/man") |
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1192 @end lisp |
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1193 |
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1194 Any environment variables (names of which must have the UN*X-style form |
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1195 @code{$NAME}, e.g.@: @code{$HOME}, @code{$EMACSDATA}, @code{$EMACS_DIR}, |
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1196 regardless of platform) are evaluated first but each element must |
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1197 evaluate to a @emph{single} directory name. Trailing @file{/}s are |
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1198 ignored. (Specific directories in @code{woman-path} are also searched.) |
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1199 |
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1200 On Microsoft platforms I recommend including drive letters explicitly, |
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1201 e.g. |
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1202 |
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1203 @lisp |
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1204 ("C:/Cygwin/usr/man" "C:/usr/man" "C:/usr/local/man") |
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1205 @end lisp |
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1206 |
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1207 @cindex directory separator character |
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1208 @cindex @code{MANPATH}, directory separator |
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1209 The @code{MANPATH} environment variable may be set using DOS |
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1210 semi-colon-separated or UN*X / Cygwin colon-separated syntax (but not |
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1211 mixed). |
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1212 |
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1213 @item woman-manpath-man-regexp |
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1214 A regular expression to match man directories @emph{under} the |
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1215 @code{woman-manpath} directories. These normally have names of the form |
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1216 @file{man?}. Its default value is @code{"[Mm][Aa][Nn]"}, which is |
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1217 case-insensitive mainly for the benefit of Microsoft platforms. Its |
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1218 purpose is to avoid directories such as @file{cat?}, @file{.}, |
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1219 @file{..}, etc. |
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1220 |
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1221 @item woman-path |
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1222 A list of strings representing @emph{specific directories} to search for |
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1223 UN*X manual files. For example |
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1224 |
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1225 @lisp |
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1226 ("/emacs/etc") |
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1227 @end lisp |
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1228 |
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1229 These directories are searched in addition to the directory trees |
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1230 specified in @code{woman-manpath}. Each element should be a directory |
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1231 string or @code{nil}, which represents the current directory when the |
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1232 path is expanded and cached. However, the last component (only) of each |
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1233 directory string is treated as a regexp (Emacs, not shell) and the |
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1234 string is expanded into a list of matching directories. Non-directory |
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1235 and unreadable files are ignored. The default value on MS-DOS is |
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1236 |
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1237 @lisp |
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1238 ("$DJDIR/info" "$DJDIR/man/cat[1-9onlp]") |
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1239 @end lisp |
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1240 |
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1241 @noindent |
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1242 and on other platforms is @code{nil}. |
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1243 |
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1244 Any environment variables (names of which must have the UN*X-style form |
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1245 @code{$NAME}, e.g.@: @code{$HOME}, @code{$EMACSDATA}, @code{$EMACS_DIR}, |
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1246 regardless of platform) are evaluated first but each element must |
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1247 evaluate to a @emph{single} directory name (regexp, see above). For |
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1248 example |
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1249 |
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1250 @lisp |
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1251 ("$EMACSDATA") |
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1252 @end lisp |
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1253 |
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1254 @noindent |
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1255 or equivalently |
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1256 |
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1257 @lisp |
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1258 ("$EMACS_DIR/etc") |
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1259 @end lisp |
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1260 |
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1261 @noindent |
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1262 Trailing @file{/}s are discarded. (The directory trees in |
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1263 @code{woman-manpath} are also searched.) On Microsoft platforms I |
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1264 recommend including drive letters explicitly. |
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1265 |
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1266 @item woman-cache-level |
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1267 A positive integer representing the level of topic caching: |
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1268 |
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1269 @enumerate |
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1270 @item |
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1271 cache only the topic and directory lists (uses minimal memory, but not |
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1272 recommended); |
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1273 @item |
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1274 cache also the directories for each topic (faster, without using much |
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1275 more memory); |
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1276 @item |
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1277 cache also the actual filenames for each topic (fastest, but uses twice |
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1278 as much memory). |
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1279 @end enumerate |
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1280 |
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1281 The default value is currently 2, a good general compromise. If the |
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1282 @code{woman} command is slow to find files then try 3, which may be |
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1283 particularly beneficial with large remote-mounted man directories. Run |
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1284 the @code{woman} command with a prefix argument or delete the cache file |
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1285 @code{woman-cache-filename} for a change to take effect. (Values < 1 |
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1286 behave like 1; values > 3 behave like 3.) |
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1287 |
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1288 @item woman-cache-filename |
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1289 Either a string representing the full pathname of the WoMan directory |
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1290 and topic cache file, or @code{nil}. It is used to save and restore the |
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1291 cache between Emacs sessions. This is especially useful with |
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1292 remote-mounted man page files! The default value of @code{nil} |
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1293 suppresses this action. The ``standard'' non-nil filename is |
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1294 @file{~/.wmncach.el}. Remember that a prefix argument forces the |
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1295 @code{woman} command to update and re-write the cache. |
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1297 @item woman-dired-keys |
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1298 A list of @code{dired} mode keys to be defined to run WoMan on the |
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1299 current file, e.g.@: @code{("w" "W")} or any non-nil atom to |
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1300 automatically define @kbd{w} and @kbd{W} if they are unbound, or |
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1301 @code{nil} to do nothing. Default is @code{t}. |
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1303 @item woman-imenu-generic-expression |
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1304 Imenu support for Sections and Subsections: an alist with elements of |
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1305 the form @code{(MENU-TITLE REGEXP INDEX)} -- see the documentation for |
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1306 @code{imenu-generic-expression}. Default value is |
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1307 |
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1308 @lisp |
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1309 ((nil "\n\\([A-Z].*\\)" 1) ; SECTION, but not TITLE |
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1310 ("*Subsections*" "^ \\([A-Z].*\\)" 1)) |
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1311 @end lisp |
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1312 |
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1313 @item woman-imenu |
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1314 A boolean value that defaults to @code{nil}. If non-nil then WoMan adds |
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1315 a Contents menu to the menubar by calling @code{imenu-add-to-menubar}. |
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1316 |
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1317 @item woman-imenu-title |
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1318 A string representing the title to use if WoMan adds a Contents menu to |
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1319 the menubar. Default is @code{"CONTENTS"}. |
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1320 |
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1321 @item woman-topic-at-point |
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1322 A symbol, which may be either @code{t}, @code{nil} or @code{confirm}, |
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1323 that controls the use by @code{woman} of the ``word at point'' as a |
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1324 topic suggestion. If it is non-nil then the @code{woman} command uses |
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1325 the word at point as an initial topic suggestion when it reads a topic |
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1326 from the minibuffer; if it is @code{t} then @code{woman} uses the word |
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1327 at point @emph{without interactive confirmation} if it exists as a |
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1328 topic. The value @code{confirm} means suggest a topic and ask for |
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1329 confirmation. The default value is that of |
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1330 @code{woman-topic-at-point-default}. |
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1331 |
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1332 @item woman-topic-at-point-default |
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1333 A symbol, which may be either @code{t}, @code{nil} or @code{confirm}, |
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1334 representing the default value for @code{woman-topic-at-point}. The |
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1335 default value is @code{confirm}. [The variable |
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1336 @code{woman-topic-at-point} may be @code{let}-bound when @code{woman} is |
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1337 loaded, in which case its global value does not get defined. The |
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1338 function @code{woman-file-name} sets it to this value if it is unbound.] |
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1339 |
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1340 @item woman-uncompressed-file-regexp |
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1341 A regular match expression used to select man source files (ignoring any |
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1342 compression extension). The default value is |
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1343 @code{"\\.\\([0-9lmnt]\\w*\\)"} [which means a filename extension is |
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1344 required]. |
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1346 @emph{Do not change this unless you are sure you know what you are doing!} |
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1347 |
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1348 The SysV standard man pages use two character suffixes, and this is |
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1349 becoming more common in the GNU world. For example, the man pages in |
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1350 the @code{ncurses} package include @file{toe.1m}, @file{form.3x}, etc. |
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1351 |
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1352 @strong{Note:} an optional compression regexp will be appended, so this |
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1353 regexp @emph{must not} end with any kind of string terminator such as |
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1354 @code{$} or @code{\\'}. |
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1355 |
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1356 @item woman-file-compression-regexp |
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1357 A regular match expression used to match compressed man file extensions |
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1358 for which decompressors are available and handled by auto-compression |
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1359 mode. It should begin with @code{\\.} and end with @code{\\'} and |
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1360 @emph{must not} be optional. The default value is |
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1361 @code{"\\.\\(g?z\\|bz2\\)\\'"}, which matches the @code{gzip} and |
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1362 @code{bzip2} compression extensions. |
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1363 |
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1364 @emph{Do not change this unless you are sure you know what you are doing!} |
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1366 [It should be compatible with the @code{car} of |
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1367 @code{jka-compr-file-name-handler-entry}, but that is unduly |
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1368 complicated, includes an inappropriate extension (@file{.tgz}) and is |
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1369 not loaded by default!] |
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1371 @item woman-use-own-frame |
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1372 If non-nil then use a dedicated frame for displaying WoMan windows. |
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1373 This is useful only when WoMan is run under a window system such as X or |
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1374 Microsoft Windows that supports real multiple frames, in which case the |
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1375 default value is non-nil. |
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1376 @end vtable |
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1377 |
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1379 @node Formatting Options, Faces, Interface Options, Customization |
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1380 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1381 @section Formatting Options |
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1382 @cindex formatting options |
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1384 These options control the layout that WoMan uses to format the man page. |
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1386 @vtable @code |
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1387 @item woman-fill-column |
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1388 An integer specifying the right margin for formatted text. Default is |
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1389 65. |
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1391 @item woman-fill-frame |
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1392 A boolean value. If non-nil then most of the frame width is used, |
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1393 overriding the value of @code{woman-fill-column}. Default is nil. |
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1395 @item woman-default-indent |
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1396 An integer specifying the default prevailing indent for the @code{-man} |
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1397 macros. Default is 5. Set this variable to 7 to emulate Linux man |
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1398 formatting. |
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1400 @item woman-bold-headings |
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1401 A boolean value. If non-nil then embolden section and subsection |
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1402 headings. Default is t. [Heading emboldening is @emph{not} standard |
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1403 @code{man} behaviour.] |
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1405 @item woman-ignore |
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1406 A boolean value. If non-nil then unrecognised requests etc. are |
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1407 ignored. Default is t. This gives the standard @code{ROFF} behaviour. |
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1408 If @code{nil} then they are left in the buffer, which may aid debugging. |
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1410 @item woman-preserve-ascii |
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1411 A boolean value. If non-nil then preserve @sc{ascii} characters in the |
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1412 WoMan buffer. Otherwise, non-@sc{ascii} characters (that display as |
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1413 @sc{ascii}) may remain, which is irrelevant unless the buffer is to be |
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1414 saved to a file. Default is nil. |
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1416 @item woman-emulation |
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1417 WoMan emulation, currently either @code{NROFF} or @code{TROFF}. Default |
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1418 is @code{NROFF}. @code{TROFF} emulation is experimental and largely |
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1419 untested. |
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1420 @end vtable |
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1421 |
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1422 |
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1423 @node Faces, Special symbols, Formatting Options, Customization |
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1424 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1425 @section Faces |
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1426 @cindex faces |
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1427 |
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1428 These options control the display faces that WoMan uses to format the |
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1429 man page. |
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1430 |
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1431 @vtable @code |
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1432 @item woman-fontify |
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1433 A boolean value. If non-nil then WoMan assumes that face support is |
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1434 available. It defaults to a non-nil value if the display supports |
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1435 either colours or different fonts. |
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1436 |
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1437 @item woman-italic-face |
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1438 Face for italic font in man pages. Default: italic, underlined, |
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1439 foreground red. This is overkill! @code{TROFF} uses just italic; |
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1440 @code{NROFF} uses just underline. You should probably select either |
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1441 italic or underline as you prefer, but not both, although italic and |
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1442 underline work together perfectly well! |
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1443 |
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1444 @item woman-bold-face |
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1445 Face for bold font in man pages. Default: bold, foreground blue. |
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1446 |
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1447 @item woman-unknown-face |
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1448 Face for all unknown fonts in man pages. Default: foreground brown. |
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1449 Brown is a good compromise: it is distinguishable from the default but |
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1450 not enough so as to make font errors look terrible. (Files that use |
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1451 non-standard fonts seem to do so badly or in idiosyncratic ways!) |
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1452 |
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1453 @item woman-addition-face |
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1454 Face for all additions made by WoMan to man pages. |
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1455 Default: foreground orange. |
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1456 @end vtable |
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1457 |
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1458 |
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1459 @node Special symbols, , Faces, Customization |
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1460 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1461 @section Special symbols |
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1462 @cindex special symbols |
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1463 |
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1464 This section currently applies @emph{only} to Microsoft Windows. |
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1465 |
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1466 WoMan provides partial experimental support for special symbols, |
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1467 initially only for MS-Windows and only for MS-Windows fonts. This |
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1468 includes both non-@sc{ascii} characters from the main text font and use |
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1469 of a separate symbol font. Later, support will be added for other font |
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1470 types (e.g.@: @code{bdf} fonts) and for the X Window System. In Emacs |
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1471 20.7, the current support works partially under Windows 9x but may not |
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1472 work on any other platform. |
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1473 |
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1474 @vtable @code |
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1475 @item woman-use-extended-font |
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1476 A boolean value. If non-nil then WoMan may use non-@sc{ascii} characters |
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1477 from the default font. Default is @code{t}. |
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1478 |
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1479 @item woman-use-symbol-font |
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1480 A boolean value. If non-nil then WoMan may use the symbol font. |
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1481 Default is @code{nil}, mainly because it may change the line spacing (at |
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1482 least in NTEmacs 20). |
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1483 |
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1484 @item woman-symbol-font |
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1485 A string describing the symbol font to use for special characters. |
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1486 It should be compatible with, and the same size as, the default text font. |
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1487 Under MS-Windows, the default is |
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1488 |
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1489 @lisp |
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1490 "-*-Symbol-normal-r-*-*-*-*-96-96-p-*-ms-symbol" |
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1491 @end lisp |
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1492 @end vtable |
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1493 |
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1494 |
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1495 @c =================================================================== |
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1496 |
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1497 @node Log, Technical, Customization, Top |
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1498 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1499 @chapter The *WoMan-Log* Buffer |
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1500 @cindex log buffer |
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1501 @cindex buffer, log |
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1502 |
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1503 This is modelled on the Emacs byte-compiler. It logs all files |
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1504 formatted by WoMan and the time taken. If WoMan finds anything that it |
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1505 cannot handle then it writes a warning to this buffer. If the variable |
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1506 @code{woman-show-log} is non-nil (by default it is @code{nil}) then |
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1507 WoMan automatically displays this buffer. @xref{Interface Options, , |
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1508 Interface Options}. Many WoMan warnings can be completely ignored, |
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1509 because they are reporting the fact that WoMan has ignored requests that |
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1510 it is correct for WoMan to ignore. In some future version this level of |
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1511 paranoia may be reduced, but not until WoMan is deemed more reliable. |
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1512 At present, all warnings should be treated with some suspicion. |
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1513 Uninterpreted escape sequences are also logged (in some cases). |
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1514 |
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1515 By resetting the variable @code{woman-ignore} to @code{nil} (by default |
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1516 it is @code{t}), uninterpreted @code{ROFF} requests can optionally be |
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1517 left in the formatted buffer to indicate precisely where they occurred. |
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1518 @xref{Interface Options, , Interface Options}. |
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1519 |
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1520 @c =================================================================== |
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1521 |
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1522 @node Technical, Bugs, Log, Top |
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1523 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1524 @chapter Technical Details |
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1525 @cindex technical details |
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1526 @cindex horizontal spacing |
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1527 @cindex spacing, horizontal and vertical |
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1528 @cindex vertical spacing |
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1529 @cindex resolution |
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1530 |
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1531 @heading Horizontal and vertical spacing and resolution |
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1532 |
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1533 WoMan currently assumes 10 characters per inch horizontally, hence a |
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1534 horizontal resolution of 24 basic units, and 5 lines per inch |
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1535 vertically, hence a vertical resolution of 48 basic units. |
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1536 (@code{NROFF} uses 240 per inch.) |
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1537 |
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1538 @heading Vertical spacing and blank lines |
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1539 |
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1540 The number of consecutive blank lines in the formatted buffer should be |
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1541 either 0 or 1. A blank line should leave a space like .sp 1. |
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1542 Current policy is to output vertical space only immediately before text |
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1543 is output. |
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1544 |
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1545 @c =================================================================== |
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1546 |
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1547 @node Bugs, Acknowledgements, Technical, Top |
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1548 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1549 @chapter Reporting Bugs |
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1550 @cindex reporting bugs |
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1551 @cindex bugs, reporting |
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1552 |
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1553 If WoMan fails completely, or formats a file incorrectly (i.e.@: |
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1554 obviously wrongly or significantly differently from @code{man}) or |
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1555 inelegantly, then please |
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1556 |
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1557 @enumerate a |
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1558 @item |
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1559 check that you are running the latest version of @file{woman.el} |
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1560 available from @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/WoMan/, my web |
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1561 site}, and |
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1562 |
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1563 @item |
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1564 check that the problem is not already described in the file |
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1565 @file{woman.status}, also available from |
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1566 @uref{http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/WoMan/, my web site}. |
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1567 @end enumerate |
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1568 |
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1569 If both of the above are true then please |
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1570 @email{F.J.Wright@@qmw.ac.uk,email me} the entry from the |
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1571 @code{*WoMan-Log*} buffer relating to the problem file, together with a |
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1572 brief description of the problem. Please indicate where you got the man |
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1573 source file from, but do not send it to me unless I ask you to! Thanks. |
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1574 (At present WoMan has no automated bug-reporting facility.) |
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1575 |
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1576 @c =================================================================== |
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1577 |
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1578 @node Acknowledgements, Command Index, Bugs, Top |
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1579 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1580 @chapter Acknowledgements |
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1581 @cindex acknowledgements |
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1582 |
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1583 For Heather, Kathryn and Madelyn, the women in my life (although they |
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1584 will probably never use it)! |
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1585 |
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1586 I also thank the following for helpful suggestions, bug reports, code |
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1587 fragments, general interest, etc.: |
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1588 |
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1589 @quotation |
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1590 Jari Aalto, @email{jari.aalto@@cs.tpu.fi}@* |
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1591 Dean Andrews, @email{dean@@dra.com}@* |
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1592 Juanma Barranquero, @email{barranquero@@laley-actualidad.es}@* |
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1593 Karl Berry, @email{kb@@cs.umb.edu}@* |
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1594 Jim Chapman, @email{jchapman@@netcomuk.co.uk}@* |
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1595 Frederic Corne, @email{frederic.corne@@erli.fr}@* |
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1596 Peter Craft, @email{craft@@alacritech.com}@* |
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1597 Charles Curley, @email{ccurley@@trib.com}@* |
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1598 Jim Davidson, @email{jdavidso@@teknowledge.com}@* |
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1599 Kevin D'Elia, @email{Kevin.DElia@@mci.com}@* |
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1600 John Fitch, @email{jpff@@maths.bath.ac.uk}@* |
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1601 Hans Frosch, @email{jwfrosch@@rish.b17c.ingr.com}@* |
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1602 Guy Gascoigne-Piggford, @email{ggp@@informix.com}@* |
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1603 Brian Gorka, @email{gorkab@@sanchez.com}@* |
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1604 Nicolai Henriksen, @email{nhe@@lyngso-industri.dk}@* |
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1605 Thomas Herchenroeder, @email{the@@software-ag.de}@* |
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1606 Alexander Hinds, @email{ahinds@@thegrid.net}@* |
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1607 Stefan Hornburg, @email{sth@@hacon.de}@* |
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1608 Theodore Jump, @email{tjump@@cais.com}@* |
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1609 Paul Kinnucan, @email{paulk@@mathworks.com}@* |
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1610 Jonas Linde, @email{jonas@@init.se}@* |
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1611 Andrew McRae, @email{andrewm@@optimation.co.nz}@* |
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1612 Howard Melman, @email{howard@@silverstream.com}@* |
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1613 Dennis Pixton, @email{dennis@@math.binghamton.edu}@* |
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1614 T. V. Raman, @email{raman@@Adobe.com}@* |
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1615 Bruce Ravel, @email{bruce.ravel@@nist.gov}@* |
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1616 Benjamin Riefenstahl, @email{benny@@crocodial.de}@* |
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1617 Kevin Ruland, @email{kruland@@seistl.com}@* |
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1618 Tom Schutter, @email{tom@@platte.com}@* |
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1619 Wei-Xue Shi, @email{wxshi@@ma.neweb.ne.jp}@* |
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1620 Fabio Somenzi, @email{fabio@@joplin.colorado.edu}@* |
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1621 Karel Sprenger, @email{ks@@ic.uva.nl}@* |
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1622 Chris Szurgot, @email{szurgot@@itribe.net}@* |
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1623 Paul A. Thompson, @email{pat@@po.cwru.edu}@* |
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1624 Arrigo Triulzi, @email{arrigo@@maths.qmw.ac.uk}@* |
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1625 Geoff Voelker, @email{voelker@@cs.washington.edu}@* |
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1626 Eli Zaretskii, @email{eliz@@is.elta.co.il} |
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1627 @end quotation |
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1628 |
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1629 @c =================================================================== |
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1630 |
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1631 @comment END OF MANUAL TEXT |
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1632 @page |
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1633 |
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1634 @node Command Index, Variable Index, Acknowledgements, Top |
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1635 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1636 @unnumbered Command Index |
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1637 |
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1638 @printindex fn |
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1639 |
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1640 @node Variable Index, Keystroke Index, Command Index, Top |
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1641 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1642 @unnumbered Variable Index |
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1643 |
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1644 @printindex vr |
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1645 |
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1646 @c Without a page throw here, the page length seems to get reset to the |
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1647 @c depth of the index that fits on the page after the previous index. |
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1648 @c This must be a bug! |
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1649 |
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1650 @page |
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1651 |
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1652 @node Keystroke Index, Concept Index, Variable Index, Top |
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1653 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1654 @unnumbered Keystroke Index |
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1655 |
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1656 @printindex ky |
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1657 |
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1658 @c Without a page throw here, the page length seems to get reset to the |
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1659 @c depth of the index that fits on the page after the previous index. |
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1660 @c This must be a bug! |
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1661 |
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1662 @page |
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1663 |
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1664 @node Concept Index, , Keystroke Index, Top |
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1665 @comment node-name, next, previous, up |
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1666 @unnumbered Concept Index |
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1667 |
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1668 @printindex cp |
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1669 |
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1670 @bye |