Add basic logic for opening program manpages#111
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Maybe instead of a CLI flag it should be a subcommand, so it more closely replicates how man is used without comma, for example: If for some reason a user wants to run |
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Let me know which is preferred. |
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We already have -s for the shell, so -m is probably good enough for displaying the man page and I would not special case man subcommand. |
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rszyma
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Nov 12, 2025
Artturin
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Otherwise only `out` is passed
```
$ RUST_LOG=TRACE cargo run -- man znapzend
updating cache entry for command 'znapzend': CacheEntry { derivation: "znapzend.out", path: None }
run nix command arguments: "nix" "--extra-experimental-features" "nix-command flakes" "shell" "-f" "<nixpkgs>" "znapzend.out" "--command" "man" "znapzend"
No manual entry for znapzend
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```
$ nix shell "nixpkgs#znapzend" --command man znapzend
$ nix shell "nixpkgs#znapzend.out" --command man znapzend
No manual entry for znapzend
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This adds the
comma -marg, which allows comma to open manpages for you. Example usage:which then opens the ripgrep manpage.
I tested it on my machine and it seems to work fine.