GMAN(1x)

NAME
gman - GTK+ based front-end for man, a good replacment for xman.

SYNOPSIS
gman

DESCRIPTION
Gman is a front-end for the original man page system. The most basic job of gman is to build a database for all the man pages and display them (or part of them) as a list. When user decides to read a specific man page, gman will launch a xterm window and call the traditional man system to display the man page in the window.

Gman can launch more than one window at same time. And user can use the index/key word search function to look for the man pages that he needs.

It is simple, but it is useful.

OPTIONS
There are no command line options for gman, for now.

Tips: Currently gman have 4 different modes to present the man pages to you. In the first mode "Xterm", you can add the following line in your ~/.gman file to select the xterm software which you would like to use.

xterm_command = rxvt

Tips: If GhostView package (command "gv") is aviable on your system. You may set "View"->"GhostView" and gman will present man pages with a ghostview window for you to view and print the man page.

Tips: If you have netscape on your system, you may set "View"->"LocalBrowse" and gman will launch a netscape window to show you the man page.

Tips: If you have netscape and apache server running ( defult cgi-bin directory is "/var/www/cgi-bin") , you may enjoy the full NetBrowse mode by set "View"->"NetBrowse". In this mode, you can view the pages with netscape browser and navigate from one man page to another (by click the links in the man pages). This mode is very useful.

FILES

~/.gman
    Contains configuration information for gman, such as window size and paths where the manual pages are contained. For example,

    v_size = 400
    h_size = 300
    xterm_command = rxvt
    show_warning = 0
    man_paths = /usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/X11R6/man

    For more information, see init_context() function in gman.c for all the options avialiable.

    ~/.gman is read by gman on startup, and written on exit.

SEE ALSO
man(1), man(7), xterm(1).

AUTHOR
Gman was written by a smart gay named Xinkai Wang <aakwxk@hotmail.com>. Home page of gman is at:
http://homex.coolconnect.com/user/xkwang/gman/