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If you are actually generating manpages, by using pandoc to generate roff layouts... Why the extra view command? Why not register them with mandb?
by shakna 8y ago
If you are actually generating manpages, by using pandoc to generate roff layouts... Why the extra view command? Why not register them with mandb?
- ByThyGrace 8y agoIs it possible to register alternative manpages in such a way that they serve as bullet-point cheatsheets?
- shakna 8y agoDepends what you mean by 'alternative'. You are always free to install manpages, however only one manpage per name IIRC. In this case, I'd just namespace it so you avoid any conflicts. i.e. man git And man um.git So both are preserved.
- nathell 8y agoThe manpage namespaces are called sections. I think it would make a lot of sense to put these pages in section 1u ('u' for 'um').
- _red 8y agoFurther, why not just use vim templates as the way to create the base man boilerplate and just customize. So issue 'vi mygrep.man' and quickly edit.