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- | ====== man2html Mini HOWTO ====== | ||
- | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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- | ((The HTML from // | ||
- | One of the advantages it offers is that when //man// pages are converted to HTML they become navigable through hyperlinks. A similar script exists for //info//, [[http:// | ||
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- | It is more useful, however, to setup a //cgi-bin// infrastructure which will allow the //on the fly// operation, see man2html(1). | ||
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- | ===== http ===== | ||
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- | This is the most versatile mode, as it works from any browser. | ||
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- | # NB: <TAB> must be a real tab. | ||
- | TRUSTED_LYNXCGI:< | ||
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- | **''# | ||
- | <code bash> | ||
- | #!/bin/bash | ||
- | # $1 is the man section | ||
- | # $2 is the command name | ||
- | zcat "$(man --path $1 $2)" | / | ||
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- | See [[[[howtos: | ||
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- | ===== lynxcgi ===== | ||
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- | This works only from //lynx//. Make sure //lynx// is compiled with enabled '' | ||
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- | A link in an // | ||
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