# WoMan: Browse Unix Manual Pages "W.O. (without) Man"

## Table of Contents

- WoMan: Browse Unix Manual Pages “W.O. (without) Man”
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 3 Finding and Formatting Man Pages
  - 3.1 Topic Interface
    - 3.1.1 The WoMan Topic Cache
    - 3.1.2 Using the “Word at Point” as a Topic Suggestion
  - 3.2 Filename Interface
  - 3.3 Automatic Interface
- 4 Browsing Man Pages
  - 4.1 Fonts and Faces
  - 4.2 Navigation
  - 4.3 Following References
  - 4.4 Changing the Current Man Page
  - 4.5 Convenience Key Bindings
  - 4.6 Imenu Support; Contents Menu
- 5 Customization
  - 5.1 Interface Options
  - 5.2 Formatting Options
  - 5.3 Faces
  - 5.4 Special symbols
- 6 The *WoMan-Log* Buffer
- 7 Technical Details
- 8 Reporting Bugs
- 9 Acknowledgements
- Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License
- Command Index
- Variable Index
- Keystroke Index
- Concept Index

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## WoMan: Browse Unix Manual Pages “W.O. (without) Man”

         Software Version 0.54 (beta)
         Manual Last Updated Time-stamp: <Thu 24-Jun-2010 00:06:54 gm on grasmoor>

         Francis J. Wright
         School of Mathematical Sciences
         Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London)
         Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK

This file documents WoMan: A program to browse Unix manual pages `W.O. (without) man'.

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