cppman 0.4.1

C++ 98/11/14 manual pages for Linux/MacOS

cppman

C++ 98/11/14 manual pages for Linux, with source from cplusplus.com and cppreference.com.

Features

• Supports two backends (switch it with cppman -s):

  • cplusplus.com

  • cppreference.com

• Syntax highlighting support for sections and example source code.

• Usage/Interface similar to the ‘man’ command

• Hyperlink between manpages (only available when pager=vim)

  • Press Ctrl-] when cursor is on keyword to go forward and Ctrl-T to go backward.

  • You can also double-click on keyword to go forward and right-click to go backward.

• Frequently update to support cplusplus.com.

Demo

Using vim as pager

Installation

1. Install from PyPI:

$ pip install cppman

2. Arch Linux users can find it on AUR or using Yaourt:

$ yaourt -S cppman

or install the git version

$ yaourt -S cppman-git

3. Ubuntu/Debian PPA

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cppman/cppman-daily
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cppman

Thanks czchen for maintaining the package.

FAQ

• Q: Can I use the system man command instead of cppman?

• A: Yes, just execute cppman -m true and all cached man pages are exposed to the system man command. Note: You may want to download all available man pages with cppman -c.

Bugs

• Please report bugs / mis-formatted pages to the github issue tracker.

Contributing

1. Fork it

2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)

3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')

4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)

5. Create new Pull Request

Notes

• manpages-cpp is renamed to cppman since September 19, 2012