#!/bin/bash # open info-page, man-page or command help # depends: unbuffer # optdepends: highlight(dotfiles) paginate="${PAGER:-less} +Gg" test "$1" = "-d" && browse=1 && shift case $1 in (zsh|zmv) # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/19290/zmv-for-zsh-dry-runs-and-man-pages for last; do true; done # need to install zsh-doc package for info pages info --vi-keys $(test "$last" != zsh && echo "--index-search=$last") zsh || LESS="$LESS +/^ *$last *\\[" man zshall;; (gh|chordpro|bat|pdfjam|reflector|topgrade|r128gain|7z|kubectl|diffr) unbuffer "$@" --help | $paginate;; (caddy|stretchly|go|fossil) test $1 = "fossil" -a $# -eq 1 && fossil ui "$(locate -l 1 fossil*.fossil)" && break; "$1" help "${@:2}" | $paginate;; (rails) { rails -H && rails --help; } | $paginate;; (plantuml) unbuffer "$@" -help | $paginate;; (vlc) unbuffer vlc --full-help "${@:2}" | $paginate;; (kdeconnect*) kdeconnect-cli --help-all "${@:2}" | $paginate;; (pandoc) man pandoc; highlight "Extensions" && pandoc --list-extensions | paste -s -d' ';; (swaymsg) test $# -gt 1 && man sway "${@:2}" || man swaymsg;; (swaymsg-*) man sway "${1#swaymsg-}";; (*) { info "$1" -w | grep -v "manpages" && pinfo "$@"; } || man "$@" || if which "$1" >/dev/null then { "$@" --help || { test $? == 1 && "$@" -help; } || { test $? == 1 && "$@" -h; }; } 2>&1 | $paginate fi;; esac docs="/usr/share/doc/$1" if test -d "$docs"; then if test -z "$browse" then echo "Find more in $docs" else len() { echo $1 | wc -c; } shortest() { read shortest while read in do test $(len $shortest) -gt $(len $in) && shortest=$in done echo $shortest } firefox "file://$(find $docs -name index.html | shortest | grep . || find $docs -name $1*.html | shortest)" fi fi