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'''Woman''' ('''W'''ith'''O'''ut '''Man''') is a program to browse Unix manual pages without calling the external <tt>man</tt> utility. This presents both advantages and disadvantages over the classical [[man]] package, which uses the external <tt>man</tt> tool to format manpages:<br />
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* ''[advantage]'' it is entirely integrated in Emacs and does not require external dependencies (which is useful on non-UNIX platforms where these dependencies might not be installed);<br />
* ''[disadvantage]'' it does not provide a complete support of the <tt>roff</tt> language; complex manpages might not be fully rendered.<br />
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== Basic usage ==<br />
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WoMan is integrated in Emacs should work out of the box. Simply type e.g. {{Command|woman RET bash RET}} to see the <tt>bash</tt> manual page. If the topic name you enter is available in multiple sections, you'll have to choose the correct one interactively afterwards.<br />
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== Helpful keybindings ==<br />
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Manpages are presented using a [[major mode]] essentially similar to [[man]], with the same key bindings:<br />
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; {{Keys|g}}<br />
: Jump to a specific section within the manpage.<br />
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; {{Keys|n}} and {{Keys|p}}<br />
: Jump to the next/previous manpage section.<br />
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; {{Keys|m}} or {{Keys|w}}<br />
: Open another manpage.<br />
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; {{Keys|q}} and {{Keys|k}}<br />
: Quit the manpage, and bury/kill the buffer.<br />
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== Recommended Reading ==<br />
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* [[man]]<br />
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== Project Pages ==<br />
* [http://centaur.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Emacs/WoMan/ WoMan web pages]<br />
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== External documentation ==<br />
* {{Manual|woman|Introduction|Introduction}}<br />
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