[PATCH] help: introduce man.viewer = eman
Corresponding to woman.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-help.txt | 3 +++
builtin/help.c | 11 ++++++++---
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index b21e9d7..0cb4c46 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ The 'man.viewer' config variable will be checked if the 'man' format
is chosen. The following values are currently supported:
* "man": use the 'man' program as usual,
+* "eman": use 'emacsclient' to launch the "man" mode in emacs
+(this only works starting with emacsclient versions 22), on systems
+with man,
* "woman": use 'emacsclient' to launch the "woman" mode in emacs
(this only works starting with emacsclient versions 22),
* "konqueror": use 'kfmclient' to open the man page in a new konqueror
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index 062957f..7cb44e0 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
return 0;
}
-static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
+static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page, int eman)
{
if (!check_emacsclient_version()) {
/* This works only with emacsclient version >= 22. */
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
if (!path)
path = "emacsclient";
- strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
+ if (eman)
+ strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(man \"%s\")", page);
+ else
+ strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
warning(_("failed to exec '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
}
@@ -341,8 +344,10 @@ static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
exec_man_man(info, page);
+ else if (!strcasecmp(name, "eman"))
+ exec_woman_emacs(info, page, 1);
else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
- exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
+ exec_woman_emacs(info, page, 0);
else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
else if (info)
--
1.8.3.1.487.g3e7a5b4.dirty
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>