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ManOpen - 2.4

graphical interface for viewing Unix manual pages

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All Time:	(4.8)
Version 2.4:	(4.9)
Selected Version:	2.4
Release Date:	2003-03-05
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 2.4):	8,702
Downloads (all versions):	36,780

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Product Description:

ManOpen is a MacOS X GUI application for viewing Unix manual pages, which is the standard documentation for Unix command line programs, programmer libraries, and other system information. It can open files directly or be given titles, in which case it will display the output from the `man' command-line program. An apropos interface is also provided, which is basically a quick-and-dirty search of the man page databases. Services are provided to other applications to open selected files/titles or do apropos searches using the selected text.

What's new in this version:

Space bar pages down (shift-space pages up)
Switched Cmd-O and Cmd-Shift-O; Cmd-O now brings up title panel and Cmd-Shift-O brings up File Open panel
Can rearrange man paths in preferences
Added preference to open title panel on startup
Titles get added to Open Recent menu on MacOS X
Gzipped man pages are now handled
Fixed bug with Page Setup changes not being remembered
Fixed crash on launch when opening files from Finder
Fixed bug causing cancel buttons to appear as blue
Mouse cursor changes over hyperlinks
Printing works in the Apropos window now
openman command line tool now has -b option to avoid forcing ManOpen.app to the front
Fink's /sw/share/man is added to the default man path if it exists
Avoids treating binary files as man pages
Apropos list sorted alphabetically
Preferences uses "org.clindberg.ManOpen" now
Added note on tcsh completion for openman to help
Hyperlinks supported on OPENSTEP (uses RTF Help links)

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
or
Mac OS X Server 1.2

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.4:
Overall Rating:	(4.9)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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ManOpen universal binary (unofficial) - Version: 2.5.1, 8/4/2009 12:46AM PST

xcgr

There is an unofficial universal binary of ManOpen available here: http://cverge.net/tools/#manopen

Easy to compile for Intel - Version: 2.5.1, 10/13/2006 12:44PM PST

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chrischram

You don't have to wait for an Intel version of this app. it's quite easy to compile. Just download the source code from the dev's website, in Terminal navigate to the source code's folder, type make. That Easy. (You must have Xcode installed for this magic to work.)

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Easy to compile for Intel

Indispensable - Version: 2.5.1, 2/12/2006 01:35AM PST

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marco.olivares

...really an indispensable tool for a BSD fanatic like me.
Great job! Thank you!