;;; man.el --- browse UNIX manual pages -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
-;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Barry A. Warsaw <bwarsaw@cen.com>
;; Maintainer: FSF
(const polite) (const quiet) (const meek))
:group 'man)
+(defcustom Man-width nil
+ "*Number of columns for which manual pages should be formatted.
+If nil, the width of the window selected at the moment of man
+invocation is used. If non-nil, the width of the frame selected
+at the moment of man invocation is used. The value also can be a
+positive integer."
+ :type '(choice (const :tag "Window width" nil)
+ (const :tag "Frame width" t)
+ (integer :tag "Specific width" :value 65))
+ :group 'man)
+
(defcustom Man-frame-parameters nil
"*Frame parameter list for creating a new frame for a manual page."
:type 'sexp
"")
"Option that indicates a specified a manual section name.")
+(defvar Man-support-local-filenames 'auto-detect
+ "Internal cache for the value of the function `Man-support-local-filenames'.
+`auto-detect' means the value is not yet determined.
+Otherwise, the value is whatever the function
+`Man-support-local-filenames' should return.")
+
;; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
;; end user variables
\f
(defsubst Man-build-man-command ()
"Builds the entire background manpage and cleaning command."
(let ((command (concat manual-program " " Man-switches
- ; Stock MS-DOS shells cannot redirect stderr;
- ; `call-process' below sends it to /dev/null,
- ; so we don't need `2>' even with DOS shells
- ; which do support stderr redirection.
- (if (not (fboundp 'start-process))
- " %s"
- (concat " %s 2>" null-device))))
+ (cond
+ ;; Already has %s
+ ((string-match "%s" manual-program) "")
+ ;; Stock MS-DOS shells cannot redirect stderr;
+ ;; `call-process' below sends it to /dev/null,
+ ;; so we don't need `2>' even with DOS shells
+ ;; which do support stderr redirection.
+ ((not (fboundp 'start-process)) " %s")
+ ((concat " %s 2>" null-device)))))
(flist Man-filter-list))
(while (and flist (car flist))
(let ((pcom (car (car flist)))
slist nil))))
(concat Man-specified-section-option section " " name))))
+(defun Man-support-local-filenames ()
+ "Check the availability of `-l' option of the man command.
+This option allows `man' to interpret command line arguments
+as local filenames.
+Return the value of the variable `Man-support-local-filenames'
+if it was set to nil or t before the call of this function.
+If t, the man command supports `-l' option. If nil, it don't.
+Otherwise, if the value of `Man-support-local-filenames'
+is neither t nor nil, then determine a new value, set it
+to the variable `Man-support-local-filenames' and return
+a new value."
+ (if (or (not Man-support-local-filenames)
+ (eq Man-support-local-filenames t))
+ Man-support-local-filenames
+ (setq Man-support-local-filenames
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (and (equal (condition-case nil
+ (call-process manual-program nil t nil "--help")
+ (error nil))
+ 0)
+ (progn
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (search-forward "--local-file" nil t))
+ t)))))
+
\f
;; ======================================================================
;; default man entry: get word under point
;; This isn't strictly correct, since we don't know how
;; the page will actually be displayed, but it seems
;; reasonable.
- (setenv "COLUMNS" (number-to-string (frame-width)))))
+ (setenv "COLUMNS" (number-to-string
+ (cond
+ ((and (integerp Man-width) (> Man-width 0))
+ Man-width)
+ (Man-width (frame-width))
+ ((window-width)))))))
(setenv "GROFF_NO_SGR" "1")
(if (fboundp 'start-process)
(set-process-sentinel
"Convert overstriking and underlining to the correct fonts.
Same for the ANSI bold and normal escape sequences."
(interactive)
- (message "Please wait: making up the %s man page..." Man-arguments)
+ (message "Please wait: formatting the %s man page..." Man-arguments)
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (search-forward "\e[1m" nil t)
(delete-backward-char 4)
;; Try to recognize common forms of cross references.
(Man-highlight-references)
(Man-softhyphen-to-minus)
- (message "%s man page made up" Man-arguments))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward Man-heading-regexp nil t)
+ (put-text-property (match-beginning 0)
+ (match-end 0)
+ 'face Man-overstrike-face))
+ (message "%s man page formatted" Man-arguments))
(defun Man-highlight-references ()
"Highlight the references on mouse-over.
(auto-fill-mode -1)
(use-local-map Man-mode-map)
(set-syntax-table man-mode-syntax-table)
+ (setq imenu-generic-expression (list (list nil Man-heading-regexp 0)))
+ (set (make-local-variable 'outline-regexp) Man-heading-regexp)
+ (set (make-local-variable 'outline-level) (lambda () 1))
(Man-build-page-list)
(Man-strip-page-headers)
(Man-unindent)