https://wikemacs.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ManMan - Revision history2026-06-20T22:12:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.14https://wikemacs.org/index.php?title=Man&diff=2526&oldid=prevFrancesco: Created page with "{{Package |name=man |description=Man page lookup integration into Emacs |author= |maintainer= |source= |in_emacs=yes }} {{Command|man}} allows you to browse the manual pages..."2012-04-05T06:45:56Z<p>Created page with "{{Package |name=man |description=Man page lookup integration into Emacs |author= |maintainer= |source= |in_emacs=yes }} {{Command|man}} allows you to browse the manual pages..."</p>
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{{Command|man}} allows you to browse the manual pages installed on your system. It uses the external <tt>man</tt> tool to format the page and present it to you in a {{Buffer|*Man topic*}} buffer using a specific major mode facilitating navigation.<br />
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== Basic usage ==<br />
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Man is part of Emacs and should work out of the box. You just need to enter the name of the man page: {{Command|man RET bash RET}}. To read a man page from a specific section, you can specify it by wrapping it in parentheses after the topic name: {{Command|man RET chmod(2) RET}}.<br />
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== Helpful keybindings ==<br />
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; {{Keys|g}}<br />
: Jump to a specific section within the manpage.<br />
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; {{Keys|n}} and {{Keys|p}}<br />
: Jump to the next/previous manpage section.<br />
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; {{Keys|m}}<br />
: Open another manpage.<br />
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; {{Keys|q}} and {{Keys|k}}<br />
: quit the manpage, and bury/kill the buffer.<br />
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== [[Windows]] ==<br />
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Since the external utility <tt>man</tt> is generally not installed on MS Windows platforms, Windows users might prefer using [[woman]], which does not need any external tool.<br />
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== Recommended Reading ==<br />
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* [[woman]]<br />
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== External documentation ==<br />
* {{Manual|emacs|Man-Page|Man Page Lookup}}<br />
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[[Category:Documentation]]</div>Francesco