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Bwana

Bwana - 2.4

man page viewer for your browser

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Current Version: 2.4
Release Date: 2008-02-22
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 2,265
Downloads (all versions): 19,091

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Product Description:

Bwana is a manual page viewer for your browser. It parses man pages in real time to provide the most up to date pages in an easy to read format. The pages have links to other man pages, http and email references--the way man pages should have been from the start.

What's new in this version:

  • Finds man path locations from your login shell (tkurita)
  • Adds more descriptions to index
  • Uses less memory when creating index

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher

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Bwana ReviewBwana Kudos - Version: 2.3, 12/11/2007 05:29AM PST

NonEgo
Bwana is extremely useful, helpful, etc and beautiful.
The developer is really paying attention to comments and very responsive in his help.

I had a problem running 2.3 in Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Mac OS X 10.5.1.
I posted the problem and within a few hours received a reply,
I applied the solution and in a few minutes Bwana was up was working again.

Thanks for a great Bwana and thanks to Conor!

Al Maloney
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Bwana ReviewBwana - Version: 2.0, 12/16/2006 02:26PM PST

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barnabasII
Great product! Fast and efficient. I love simple utilities that provide an elegant solution and this does just that. The man pages are full of excellent information, and most often can be quickly viewed in the console. Larger, more intricate man pages, sometimes require closer scrutiny. How much more elegant can it be than to simply type man:bash in a OmniWeb, Firefox, Camino, or Safari window and have the man pages come up as a formatted file for easy viewing? As another has mentioned, I execute it from the command line, but it works just as well when typed in the address bar. Nice work, and highly recommended!
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Bwana ReviewExcellent. I love this thing - Version: 2.0, 12/13/2006 07:44AM PST

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wgscott
This version is snappier. I normally live in the terminal, but I like the display and the colorization of the text. I use a simple function to run it from the command line:
sman () {
        open -a Safari man:$1
}

Thanks for making this and making it available for free.
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