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.
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