man.cfg

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: Configuration Files (4)
Updated: 05 February 2020
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NAME

man.cfg - configuration file for man and manvi

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/etc/man.cfg

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

This is the optional configuration file for the man command.

 

FILEFORMAT

Rows starting with a # are considered as comments.

The file format is OPTION=VALUE

Between the OPTION , the = and the VALUE are no spaces.

You can comment out any OPTION or completely remove the related setting line to use the default settings.

 

OPTIONS

MANPATH
semicolon (;) separated list of manual page locations where the man command searches for a manual page.

The man/ directory of the WA2L/WinTools package is always set as the last manual page location in the path.

Example: MANPATH=%INSTALLDIR%\..\WA2LAnotherPackage\man

Example: MANPATH=%INSTALLDRIVE%:\bin\WA2LAnotherPackage\man

Example: MANPATH=h:\bin\WA2LAnotherPackage\man;d:\bin\WA2LExamplePackage\man

Default: MANPATH=WA2LWinTools\man

MANSECT
comma separated list of manual page sections where the man command searches for a manual page within the MANPATH.

Example: MANSECT=1,1m,3,4,2

Default: MANSECT=1,1m,3,4

EDITOR
editor used when invoking manvi (1).

Example: EDITOR=notepad2

Default: EDITOR=vi

CLEARMAN
if set to True the manual page output is cleared from the console after exiting the man command. When set to False the displayed output remains on the console after exiting the man command.

Example: CLEARMAN=True

Default: CLEARMAN=False

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), man(1), manvi(1)

 

NOTES

-

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

man.cfg was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
FILEFORMAT
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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