manThor - Read UNIX man pages in the GUI
Aug 12, '02 05:00:00AM
Contributed by: robg
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The UNIX manual pages (man pages) contain a wealth of information, but you might not always find them easy to use while actually using the terminal. You generally will need to open a second window, one with the man page and the other with the actual command in it - this allows you to read the documentation as you work with the command without scrolling back in the history buffer.
manThor simplifies this process by opening man pages in the Finder. From here, you can print (nicely formatted), search for text, and easily flip between several recently visited man pages. Want to learn about the tcsh shell in UNIX? Use manThor to open the 100+ page man pages and print them out -- bingo, instant UNIX book!
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