Reference

w3mman(1)

an interface to the on-line reference manuals via w3m(1)

NAME

w3mman - an interface to the on-line reference manuals via w3m(1)

SYNOPSIS

w3mman [ -M path ] [ [ section ] page ]
w3mman [ -M path ] [ section ] -k keyword
w3mman -l file

DESCRIPTION

w3mman is a Perl script that uses w3m(1) to serve as a pager for on-line reference manuals.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-M path

Specify path as alternative MANPATH to use.

-k keyword

Specify keyword.

-l file

Specify a file.

ENVIRONMENT

Two variables are available for debugging.

W3MMAN_W3M

If W3MMAN_W3M is set, its value is used instead of w3m.

W3MMAN_MAN

If W3MMAN_MAN is set, its value is used instead of /usr/bin/man.

FILES

/usr/lib/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mman2html.cgi

manual page to HTML converter.

SEE ALSO

man(1), w3m(1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

History

-M until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -k until Debian 3.1 (Sarge).