seeking desktop app or GUI for reading 'man pages'
I read 'man pages' for fun (grin) and profit.
I know that I can open an x-terminal to some shell and launch the man-page reader: Code:
prompt$ man {whatever} Is there some recent desktop application or GUI such that I can read man pages without the need to open a terminal and shell? |
Konqueror works for man pages.
man:///whateverpage should work. |
Have you tried
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info |
The man pages are available on the web, and you can read them in any browser.
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xman, part of the good old X windows and probably already installed on your computer.
i don't know how to use it though, not as straightforward as typing "man someapp". |
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prompt$ info info Cheers, ~~~ 0;-Dan |
I found the following application TkMan. I has the following description:
This might just do the trick. ~~~ 0;-Dan |
I will have to check it out looks cool for off line man use... Arc views them fairly well, nothing like the web or TkMan (from the looks of it.)
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searching for tkman, i just found gtkman.
but, after 5min, i could not get it to display anything on my system. |
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prompt$ gtkman gtkman Code:
prompt$ gtkman 1 gtkman # sect-1 has basic user commands Cheers, ~~~ 0;-Dan |
Yes, a search on Google for: tkman site:ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/people/ got nill but did find it at SF: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tkman/; so far I'm stuck on
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$ tkman man |
I wrote to the gtkman author, George Vlahavas and got a super-prompt reply (especially for this time of year). He suggested that I try a revised edition gtkman v0.7.
The new edition works as expected: Code:
prompt$ gtkman {keyword} As a programmer, it is easy to see things that might be different. REMEMBER -- It is still a zero-dot-something edition. However, gtkman will become a permanent addition to my tool belt. Joyeaux Noel, ~~~ *<:-}( )( )// Dan |
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