/mantui

A friendly terminal user interface for Linux man pages

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

mantui

mantui is a friendly terminal user interface for Linux man pages.

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About

Linux man pages can be a little intimidating. mantui provides a friendly interface for command manuals, with a nicely formatted version of the man page and a table of contents for quick navigation.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

mantui uses pandoc to convert the man page files. If you don't already have pandoc on your system, you will need to install pandoc using your platform's package manager.

See https://pandoc.org/installing for more information.

Installation

Install mantui using pipx:

pipx install git+https://github.com/TomJGooding/mantui.git

Usage

Run mantui from the command line followed by the command name for the man page you want to view:

$ mantui grep

You can navigate the app with your mouse or keyboard.

Licence

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.