w3mman(1)

w3mman1

An interface to the on-line reference manuals via w3m(1)

Usage

w3mman [-M path] [[section] page]

w3mman [-M path] [section] -k keyword

w3mman -l file

Overview

w3mman is a Perl script that uses w3m(1) to serve as a pager for on-line reference manuals.

Options

A summary of options is included below.

-M path

Specify path as alternative MANPATH to use.

-k keyword

Specify keyword.

-l file

Specify a file.

Environment

Two variables are available for debugging.

W3MMAN_W3M

If W3MMAN_W3M is set, its value is used instead of w3m.

W3MMAN_MAN

If W3MMAN_MAN is set, its value is used instead of /usr/bin/man.

Files

/usr/lib/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mman2html.cgi

manual page to HTML converter.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0–8
  4. 9
  5. 10–Arch

-M until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -k until Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

Author

This manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From w3m 0.5.6-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.