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1 ;;; org-man.el - Support for links to manpages in Org-mode
2 ;;
3 ;; Author: Carsten Dominik <carsten at orgmode dot org>
4 ;; Keywords: outlines, hypermedia, calendar, wp
5 ;; Homepage: http://orgmode.org
6 ;; Version: 1.0
7 ;;
8 ;; This file is not yet part of GNU Emacs.
9 ;;
10 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
13 ;; any later version.
15 ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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21 ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
22 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
24 ;;; Commentary:
26 (require 'org)
28 (org-link-set-parameters "man"
29 :follow #'org-man-open
30 :export #'org-man-export
31 :store #'org-man-store-link)
33 (defcustom org-man-command 'man
34 "The Emacs command to be used to display a man page."
35 :group 'org-link
36 :type '(choice (const man) (const woman)))
38 (defun org-man-open (path)
39 "Visit the manpage on PATH.
40 PATH should be a topic that can be thrown at the man command."
41 (funcall org-man-command path))
43 (defun org-man-store-link ()
44 "Store a link to a README file."
45 (when (memq major-mode '(Man-mode woman-mode))
46 ;; This is a man page, we do make this link
47 (let* ((page (org-man-get-page-name))
48 (link (concat "man:" page))
49 (description (format "Manpage for %s" page)))
50 (org-store-link-props
51 :type "man"
52 :link link
53 :description description))))
55 (defun org-man-get-page-name ()
56 "Extract the page name from the buffer name."
57 ;; This works for both `Man-mode' and `woman-mode'.
58 (if (string-match " \\(\\S-+\\)\\*" (buffer-name))
59 (match-string 1 (buffer-name))
60 (error "Cannot create link to this man page")))
62 (defun org-man-export (link description format)
63 "Export a man page link from Org files."
64 (let ((path (format "http://man.he.net/?topic=%s&section=all" link))
65 (desc (or description link)))
66 (cond
67 ((eq format 'html) (format "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"%s\">%s</a>" path desc))
68 ((eq format 'latex) (format "\\href{%s}{%s}" path desc))
69 ((eq format 'texinfo) (format "@uref{%s,%s}" path desc))
70 ((eq format 'ascii) (format "%s (%s)" desc path))
71 (t path))))
73 (provide 'org-man)
75 ;;; org-man.el ends here