windows-man
Man pages for Windows commands
At the moment there are not available any man pages for windows applications.
But you can find here the batch file man.bat which can be used to display man
pages available e.g. in packages MinGW or GnuWin32.
There is also available bash script man to be used under bash delivered e.g. by
MinGW SYS bash or Git bash.
Batch file man.bat to be used in Command Prompt and PowerShell
Supported syntax for man.bat is:
man [-d] [section] page
man [-d] page[.section]
man [—debug] [section] page
man [—debug] page[.section]
To use man.bat you should configure environment variable MANPATH to semicolon
separated list of paths containing man files. IF MANPATH is not defined the PATH
is analyzed to find man pages delivered with following packages: MinGW, GnuWin32,
and emacs.
Possible locations of man pages in Windows system:
…\GnuWin32\man
…\emacs-24.5\share\man
…\MinGW\msys\1.0\share\man
…\MinGW\share\man
man.bat requires following applications:
| Application | Available in |
|---|---|
| gzip | GnuWin32 or MinGW |
| groff | GnuWin32 |
| sed | GnuWin32 or MinGW |
| less | GnuWin32 or MinGW |
In my environment GnuWin32 version of less does not understand VT100 control
sequences so I need to force MinGW to be earlier in PATH, befor GnuWin32.
MinGW implementation of less inerprets underline mode as a blue foreground.
To use this script in PowerShel you need to use full name man.bat because man
is an alias for function help().
Script man to be used under bash
- Open the man page for the word under cursor or selected.
- Move quickly by following links inside the man page.
- Search the manual pages for names and descriptions (apropos).
Requirements
This extension requires man to be installed and working from the integrated terminal.
You may configure the command to execute the man binary with the man.path setting
Configuration
The extension accepts the following configuration parameters:
| setting | description | default |
|---|---|---|
| manpages.binary.path | Path of the man binary | man |
| manpages.binary.args | Arguments passed to man | |
| manpages.apropos.path | Path of the apropos binary | apropos |
| manpages.apropos.args | Arguments passed to apropos | |
| manpages.openAsSplit | Open the manpage result in a split tab | true |
| manpages.editorMenuShortcutPosition | Specifies the position of the ‘Open page’ command in the editor context menu | navigation |
| manpages.enableSyntaxHighlighting | Enable syntax highlighting for manpages | true |
For example, on Windows with WSL you may use the setting "manpages.binary.path": "wsl man".
Moreover, you can pass additional arguments to man, like "--manpath=/some/path", "--locale=fr", etc. The complete list depends on the OS, and you can find it by running man --help.
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This documentation was extracted from Fedora 26. There are approximately 4395 documented commands in this app. Docs are fully official and has not been tempered with. Some debian commands will be added in the next update.
I kept the app very straight forward in terms of additional functionality. You’re requested to rotate your device while reading.
Search functionality with auto complete feature has been provided for ease of use.
You can let me know via comments or email if I missed any crucial commands. I’d love to release an update. Your feedback will be appreciated.
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