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ManEdit(1) Integrated Development Environments ManEdit(1)
NAME
manedit - UNIX Manual Page IDE
SYNTAX
manedit [section] [manual_page] [options] [GUI_options]
DESCRIPTION
ManEdit is an integrated UNIX manual page development environment (IDE)
using the GIMP Tool Kit (GTK).
Editing of UNIX manual pages is done using ManEdit's Editor, which
edits UNIX manual pages using a simplified version of the XML format,
eliminating the need for the user to use the more complex GROFF/TROFF
format (native UNIX manual page format).
The UNIX manual page that you are editing can then be viewed at any
time using ManEdit's Viewer by going to View->Preview.
To start learning how to create and edit UNIX manual pages using
ManEdit, run manedit and go to Help->Tutorial.
The [section] specifies the section number from 1 to 8 (used only with
the --viewer option).
The [manual_page] specifies the path to the manual page file to open at
startup or the name of the manual page when using the --viewer option.
OPTIONS
--config <path>
Specifies the configuration file.
--rcfile
Same as --config.
-f Same as --config.
--viewer
Specifies to start up with the Viewer.
--help Prints the help screen and exits.
--version
Prints the version information and exits.
FILES
$HOME/.maneditrc
Local configuration file.
%%PREFIX%%/share/manedit/
Global program directory.
%%PREFIX%%/share/manedit/help/
Help and tutorial files.
%%PREFIX%%/share/manedit/templates/
Manual page template files, used in the creation of new manual
pages.
/usr/man
Global manual pages directory.
/usr/share/man
Global manual pages directory (used by newer UNIX
distributions).
%%X11BASE%%/man
Global X11 manual pages directory.
%%LOCALBASE%%/man
Global local manual pages directory.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
BROWSER
Fallback for HELPBROWSER.
HELPBROWSER
Specifies the command to execute the preferred help browser.
HOME Specifies the path to the user's home directory.
TMPDIR Specifies the path to the temporary files directory.
USER Fallback for USERNAME.
USERNAME
Specifies the user's name.
EXAMPLES
To run this program the standard way, type:
# manedit &
To run this program and load a manual page at startup, type:
# manedit [manual_page] &
You can run it as a viewer by specifying the --viewer option so that it
starts up with a viewer instead of an editor window:
# manedit --viewer [manual_page] &
AUTHORS
Tara Milana
Head programmer
Dan Stimits
Programmer
SEE ALSO
man(1) manview(1)
WolfPack Entertainment 1.2.1 ManEdit(1)