I wanted to have man pages automatically open in ManOpen if I double-clicked them. I tried several ways including MisFox that didn't seem to work. Carl Lindberg, who wrote ManOpen, told me how, although it is a basic Mac OS X technique.
Find a man page say a .1 type man page [robg adds: In the Finder, use Go -> Go to Folder and enter '/usr/local/share/man/man1' to see the standard .1 pages]. Use "Get Info", go to the 'Open With' section and choose 'Other...' Find manOpen and change the menu that says "Recommended Applications" to "All Applications," and tick the "Always open with" checkbox and then click OK. Back at the "Get Info" box, click the Change All button and answer OK.
Repeat for the different types of man pages or just the main ones .3, .5 and .8 . Mostly only man pages use these extensions so there shouldn't be problems.
[robg adds: To get this to work, I had to first use the Ownership section to change the ownership to me, and then change it back when done. When I tried without changing the ownership, I had a Finder restart and then an "unable to complete" error message.]
Find a man page say a .1 type man page [robg adds: In the Finder, use Go -> Go to Folder and enter '/usr/local/share/man/man1' to see the standard .1 pages]. Use "Get Info", go to the 'Open With' section and choose 'Other...' Find manOpen and change the menu that says "Recommended Applications" to "All Applications," and tick the "Always open with" checkbox and then click OK. Back at the "Get Info" box, click the Change All button and answer OK.
Repeat for the different types of man pages or just the main ones .3, .5 and .8 . Mostly only man pages use these extensions so there shouldn't be problems.
[robg adds: To get this to work, I had to first use the Ownership section to change the ownership to me, and then change it back when done. When I tried without changing the ownership, I had a Finder restart and then an "unable to complete" error message.]
•
[4,776 views]

