Interactive manual and info selector 📖✨

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tplasdio 331be85812 refactor: codebase cleaner with case statements and tiny fixes		2024-09-26 02:53:28 +00:00
locale	feat(lang): update Spanish translations	2023-09-09 18:35:19 +00:00
media	docs(readme): add screenshot	2023-09-09 19:54:47 +00:00
packaging	build(packaging): add PKGBUILD for Arch Linux	2023-09-09 18:36:59 +00:00
.gitignore	feat(lang): update Spanish translations	2023-09-09 18:35:19 +00:00
fman	refactor: codebase cleaner with case statements and tiny fixes	2024-09-26 02:53:28 +00:00
LICENSE	chore(org): initial commit	2023-09-09 06:09:13 +00:00
README.md	docs(readme): add screenshot	2023-09-09 19:54:47 +00:00

README.md

fman

Interactive manual and info selector with fzf, rofi or dmenu.

📰 Description

Open a selectable list of manuals and infodocs and open the document with man or info, your editor or as a PDF.

🚀 Installation

📦 From source

Dependencies:
- man
- info
- fzf
- getoptions
Optional Dependencies:
- gettext for translations
- rofi
- dmenu
- zathura or a PDF reader
- One of: ghostscript, vim, nvim, pandoc or libreoffice (for PDF with info)

git clone --filter=blob:none https://codeberg.org/tplasdio/fman.git
install -Dm755 fman /usr/local/bin

Arch Linux or other pacman distros

curl -O https://codeberg.org/tplasdio/fman/raw/branch/main/packaging/PKGBUILD-git
makepkg -sip PKGBUILD-git

For uninstallation, run sudo pacman -Rsn fman-git.

📟 Usage

Select manuals/infos interactively with fzf

Usage:
  fman [-m] [-i] [-e | -p] [-r | -d] [SEARCH_TERMS]

Options:
  -m, --man                   Only manuals (no infos)
  -i, --info                  Only infos
  -e, --editor                Open with $EDITOR
  -p, --pdf                   Open as PDF with $READER
  -r, --rofi                  Select with rofi
  -d, --dmenu                 Select with dmenu
      --color                 Show fzf manual previews with colors

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📝 License

BSD-3-clause