Attached tarball ([ATTACH]242174[/ATTACH]) contains shell scripts to browse documentation installed in /usr/share/doc
They are similar in function to debmany(1) from the package debian-goodies.
The main script is doc.bash. Just rename it 'doc' and put somewhere on $PATH. For convenience, I also prepared a very basic .deb with it. It's here (unsigned). The source package is there, too.
Contents of the tarball
- doc.bash - this is all you need.
- doc.sh - the same script rewritten for /bin/sh.
- doc.posix.sh - ditto, strictly POSIX-compliant.
- doc.legacy.sh - ditto, for legacy Bourne shell.
- doc.select.* - dumbed down versions using 'select' (bash and zsh).
- completion.* - completion code (bash and tcsh).
- compctl.zsh - completion code for zsh, using the 'old' completion subsystem.
- compsys.zsh - ditto, using the 'new' completion subsystem.
- _doc - completion function for zsh (to put in $fpath).
- doc - completion function for yash (to put in $YASH_LOADPATH).
For most purposes, the simplified versions (doc.select.*) should be enough. Below is the code of 'doc.select.bash'. It gives the idea of what the scripts do.
#!/bin/bash -e
[[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "Usage: $0 package_name" >&2; exit 1;}
docpfx=/usr/share/doc/
[[ -d $docpfx$1 ]] || { echo "Directory $docpfx$1 not found" >&2; exit 2;}
: ${COLUMNS:=`tput cols`}
GLOBIGNORE=AUTHORS*:ACK*:CONTRIBUTORS*:CREDITS*:THANKS*
lsopts='-Ldpq --group-directories-first'
shopt -s extglob nullglob checkwinsize
idx=index?(.[a-z][a-z]*).htm?(l) CDPATH=
docmenu () {
pushd "$1" >/dev/null
local PS3="...${PWD#$docpfx}> "
# Grouping index.html first, directories next, then all the rest.
local -a files=($idx)
mapfile -tO${#files[@]} files < <(ls $lsopts !($idx))
select file in "${files[@]}"; do
[[ $REPLY == [Xx]* ]] && exit
[[ -z $file ]] && break
if [[ -d $file ]]; then
docmenu "$file"
else
case $file in
*.htm?(l)) sensible-browser "$file";;
*) sensible-pager "$file";;
esac
fi
done
popd >/dev/null
}
pushd "$docpfx" >/dev/null
docmenu "$1"
popd >/dev/null
_doc(){ [[ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 && $2 == -* ]] && COMPREPLY=(--auto-redisplay);}
complete -W "`cd /usr/share/doc; echo *`" -F _doc doc