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.TH MAN 1
.SH NAME
-man, wm/man, man2txt, lookman \-
+man, wm/man, man2html, man2txt, lookman \-
print or find manual pages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B man
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ print or find manual pages
.B wm/man -f
.I file ...
.br
+.B man2html
+.I file
+[
+.I section
+]
+.br
.B man2txt
[
.B -p
@@ -31,6 +37,9 @@ print or find manual pages
]
.br
.B lookman
+[
+.B -f
+]
.I keyword ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Both
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displays the pages in a graphical Wm window, providing a more faithful
reproduction of the intended layout.
.PP
+.I Man2html
+converts
+.B "troff -man"
+macro markup to an approximation in HTML on standard output.
+Only one file is processed at a time.
+It is assumed the input
+.I file
+is a manual page, in the given
+.I section
+(default: 1).
+.PP
.I Man2txt
converts
-.I "troff -man"
+.B "troff -man"
macro markup
to plain text.
Each file is processed separately.
@@ -87,10 +107,27 @@ option to
specifies the page width in characters.
.PP
.I Lookman
-prints the file names of manual pages, from any section, that
+finds the manual pages, in any section, that
contain all of the
.I keywords
-given as arguments.
+given as arguments, and prints
+.I man
+commands and manual references for them, one per line.
+In a
+.IR wm-sh (1)
+window,
+any of the
+.I man
+commands can be selected with mouse button 2 and
+sent
+as a command; a manual reference can simply be
+.IR plumb (1)'d
+using mouse button 3.
+The
+.B -f
+option causes
+.I lookman
+just to list the file names.
.SH FILES
.TF /man/1/INDEX
.TP
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.br
.B /appl/cmd/man2txt.b
.br
-.B /appl/cmd/lookman.b
+.B /dis/lookman
+.IR sh (1)
+script
.br
.B /appl/lib/parseman.b
.SH "SEE ALSO"