man.rst
changeset 367 30f042767f78
parent 366 237b5baa819d
child 735 5c437e2d5fe1
--- a/man.rst	Wed Apr 21 11:53:43 2010 +0300
+++ b/man.rst	Wed Apr 21 12:14:48 2010 +0300
@@ -55,15 +55,18 @@
 
 To preview local man page:
 
-  $ groff -man -Tascii prog.1
-  $ groff -man -Tlatin1 prog.1
-  $ groff -man -Tlatin1 prog.1 | less
+  $ groff -man -Tascii foo.1            # 7-bit char
+  $ groff -man -Tlatin1 foo.1           # 8-bit char
+  $ groff -man -Tlatin1 foo.1 | less
   $ groff -a -mandoc -Tlatin1 e.1
-  $ groff -man -Tutf8 prog.1
+  $ groff -man -Tutf8 foo.1
+
+  $ man ./foo.1                         # if slashes in path - use file
 
   $ mkdir man1
   $ cp foo.1 man1
-  $ man -M . 1 foo
+  $ man -M . 1 foo                      # without slashes search in MANPATH item
+                                        # and add /man1 to each item
 
 * Output format.