decl str docsclient def -hidden -params 1..2 doc-open %{ %sh{ manout=$(mktemp /tmp/kak-man-XXXXXX) # Those options are handled by the `man-db` implementation export MAN_KEEP_FORMATTING=y export MANWIDTH=${kak_window_width} if man "$1" > "${manout}"; then sed -ie $(printf 's/.\x8//g') "${manout}" printf %s\\n " edit! -scratch '*doc*' exec |cat${manout}gg nop %sh{rm ${manout}} set buffer filetype man " if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then needle=$(printf %s\\n "$2" | sed 's,<,,g') printf %s\\n "try %{ exec '%(?i)^\h+[^\n]*?\Q${needle}\E\'' } catch %{ exec gg }" fi else printf %s\\n "echo -color Error %{doc '$@' failed: see *debug* buffer for details}" rm ${manout} fi } } def -params 1..2 \ -shell-candidates %{ find "${kak_runtime}/../doc/kak/manpages/" -type f -iname "*.gz" | while read l; do basename "${l%.*}" done } \ doc -docstring %{doc []: open a buffer containing documentation about a given topic An optional keyword argument can be passed to the function, which will be automatically selected in the documentation} %{ %sh{ readonly PATH_DOC="${kak_runtime}/../doc/kak/manpages/${1}.gz" shift if [ ! -f "${PATH_DOC}" ]; then printf %s\\n "echo -color Error No such doc file: ${PATH_DOC}" exit fi printf %s\\n "eval -try-client %opt{docsclient} doc-open ${PATH_DOC} $@" } } alias global help doc