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Product Description:
If you like using the unix foundation of OS X, you'll love Man Handler. The "man" pages are a great help when working in unix, but using them in a Terminal window is less than satisfactory.
Man Handler lets you open multiple man pages, returns the whole text of the page you're after, and the files are saveable so you don't have to look up frequently used commands over and over. Plus the OS X services (make sticky note, summarize, speak text, etc.) are all usable by Man Handler. Written in AppleScript Studio with source code. An example of creating a document-based AS Studio application.
Man Handler lets you open multiple man pages, returns the whole text of the page you're after, and the files are saveable so you don't have to look up frequently used commands over and over. Plus the OS X services (make sticky note, summarize, speak text, etc.) are all usable by Man Handler. Written in AppleScript Studio with source code. An example of creating a document-based AS Studio application.
What's new in this version:
Revised the zoom settings for the document window. Previously, zooming the window caused the window to zoom to the full horizontal display size, wasting a lot of space. Document windows now size to only what is needed to display the man page without causing extra line feeds.
The document window now selects the text box when new windows are created, so you can type a command and go.
The document window now selects the text box when new windows are created, so you can type a command and go.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
- Mac OS X 10.2
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher
- Applescript Standard Additions
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| Overall Rating: |   (3.0) |
Features: | (2.0) |
Support: | (2.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (3.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (4.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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The problem with very old reviews - Version: 2.01u, 11/2/2008 09:49PM PST
GGGlen
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- Re: The problem with very old reviews
pales in comparison to ManOpen - Version: 1.2, 7/29/2006 08:23PM PST
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sporobolus
unlike certain other efforts, this is a nice, clean, simple implementation, but it seems likely the author dove in without awareness of ManOpen, which in comparison to ManHandler adds:
- hyperlinks to related man entries
- apropos
- a command-line tool
- proper text styling
- printing that works
- ability to search within a man page
- ability to page with space/shift-space
- lots of control over the overall experience/appearance
comparisons? - Version: 1.1, 5/30/2006 06:50AM PST
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lawrencecpaulson_dotmac
How does this compare with other tools, like ManOpen?
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ManOpen is PPC only!