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authorEli Zaretskii2000-05-08 16:02:33 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2000-05-08 16:02:33 +0000
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Mention `woman'.
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954** New modes and packages 954** New modes and packages
955 955
956*** The new package called `woman' allows to browse Unix man pages
957without invoking external programs.
958
959The command `M-x woman' formats manual pages entirely in Emacs Lisp
960and then displays them, like `M-x manual-entry' does. Unlike
961`manual-entry', `woman' does not invoke any external programs, so it
962is useful on systems such as MS-DOS/MS-Windows where the `man' and
963Groff or `troff' are not readily available.
964
965The command `M-x woman-find-file' asks for the file name of a man
966page, then formats and displays it like `M-x woman' does.
967
956*** The new command M-x re-builder offers a convenient interface for 968*** The new command M-x re-builder offers a convenient interface for
957authoring regular expressions with immediate visual feedback. 969authoring regular expressions with immediate visual feedback.
958 970