declare-option -docstring "name of the client in which documentation is to be displayed" \ str docsclient declare-option -hidden str-list manpage hook -group man-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=man %{ add-highlighter window/man-highlight group # Sections add-highlighter window/man-highlight/ regex ^\S.*?$ 0:title # Subsections add-highlighter window/man-highlight/ regex '^ {3}\S.*?$' 0:default+b # Command line options add-highlighter window/man-highlight/ regex '^ {7}-[^\s,]+(,\s+-[^\s,]+)*' 0:list # References to other manpages add-highlighter window/man-highlight/ regex [-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+\([a-z0-9]+\) 0:header map window normal ': man-jump' hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/man-highlight unmap window normal } } hook global WinSetOption filetype=man %{ hook -group man-hooks window WinResize .* %{ man-impl %opt{manpage} } hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window man-hooks } } define-command -hidden -params 2..3 man-impl %{ evaluate-commands %sh{ buffer_name="$1" shift manout=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kak-man-XXXXXX) manerr=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kak-man-XXXXXX) colout=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/kak-man-XXXXXX) env MANWIDTH=${kak_window_range##* } man "$@" > "$manout" 2> "$manerr" retval=$? col -b -x > ${colout} < ${manout} rm ${manout} if [ "${retval}" -eq 0 ]; then printf %s\\n " edit -scratch %{*$buffer_name ${*}*} execute-keys '%|cat${colout}gk' nop %sh{ rm ${colout}; rm ${manerr} } set-option buffer filetype man set-option window manpage $buffer_name $* " else printf ' fail %%{%s} nop %%sh{ rm "%s"; rm "%s" } ' "$(cat "$manerr")" "${colout}" "${manerr}" fi } } define-command -params ..1 \ -shell-script-candidates %{ find /usr/share/man/ -name '*.[1-8]*' | sed 's,^.*/\(.*\)\.\([1-8][a-zA-Z]*\).*$,\1(\2),' } \ -docstring %{ man []: manpage viewer wrapper If no argument is passed to the command, the selection will be used as page The page can be a word, or a word directly followed by a section number between parenthesis, e.g. kak(1) } man %{ evaluate-commands %sh{ subject=${1-$kak_selection} ## The completion suggestions display the page number, strip them if present case "${subject}" in *\([1-8]*\)) pagenum="${subject##*\(}" pagenum="${pagenum%\)}" subject="${subject%%\(*}" ;; esac printf %s\\n "evaluate-commands -try-client %opt{docsclient} man-impl man $pagenum $subject" } } # The following section of code enables a user # to go to next or previous man page links and to follow man page links, # for example, apropos(1), that would normally appear in SEE ALSO sections. # The user would position the cursor on any character of the link # and then press to change to a buffer showing the man page. # Regex pattern defining a man page link. # Used for determining if a selection, which may just be a link, is a link. declare-option -hidden regex man_link1 \ [\w_.:-]+\(\d[a-z]*\) # Same as above but with lookbehind and lookahead patterns. # Used for searching for a man page link. declare-option -hidden regex man_link2 \ "(?:^|(?<=\W))%opt{man_link1}(?=\W)" # Define a useful command sequence for searching a given regex # and a given sequence of search keys. define-command man-search -params 2 %{ set-register / %arg[1] execute-keys %arg[2] } define-command -docstring 'Go to next man page link' \ man-link-next %{ man-search %opt[man_link2] n } define-command -docstring 'Go to previous man page link' \ man-link-prev %{ man-search %opt[man_link2] } # Expand backward and forward, and then try to search for a man page link define-command man-link-here %{ evaluate-commands -save-regs / %{ man-search %opt[man_link2] '\b\w?\)' }} -hidden # Search current selection for a man page link define-command man-link %{ evaluate-commands -save-regs / %{ man-search %opt[man_link1] s }} -hidden define-command -docstring 'Try to jump to a man page' \ man-jump %{ try %{ man-link } catch %{ man-link-here } catch %{ fail 'Not a valid man page link' } try %{ man } catch %{ fail 'No man page link to follow' } } # Suggested keymaps for a user mode declare-user-mode man-mode define-command man-mode-map -params 3 %{ map global man-mode %arg[1] %arg[2] -docstring %arg[3] } -hidden man-mode-map 'g' ': man-jump' 'Jump to a man page using selected man page link' man-mode-map 'j' ': try %{ man-link-next }' 'Go to next man page link' man-mode-map 'k' ': try %{ man-link-prev }' 'Go to previous man page link' man-mode-map 'm' ': man' 'Look up a man page'