tfman(1)

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version 3.0.17 · 8 versions
, in alpine 3.24, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 tfman — Swank manual page browser 💖

okay bestie, you know man(1)? This is that, but make it fashion. tfman is the swank manual page browser, living its best life inside your terminal. It's a page in the tfman(1) manual, and yes, we're reading the manual for the thing that reads manuals. Iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

tfman — Swank manual page browser 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tfman [-h] [-V] [-q] files

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

tfman displays manual pages ala man(1), but it does it using the Notcurses terminal UI library (notcurses(3)). So like, same energy as man, way prettier face. Periodt. 💖

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -V — prints the program name and version, then dips out with success. Slay, bye. 👋
  • -h — prints help information, then exits with success. Your friendly little assist. 🫶
  • -q — doesn't wait for any input, and doesn't use the alternate screen. Low-key mode, no drama. 🌙
  • files — the files to render. 📄

If it's successfully loaded and parsed, the top of the page will be visible. Down in the lower right corner there's a listing of page sections. By default, the page browser is the one in use; press Tab to move between the page browser and the structure browser. Press s to toggle the structure browser's visibility.

tfman can also identify gzipped manual pages and inflate them on the fly. no cap, it just does that. ✨

👑 NOTES 👑

okay so here are the keypresses it recognizes, bestie. memorize them, it's a vibe:

  • Ctrl+L — redraw the screen. 🖌️
  • q — quit. 🚪
  • k/up — move up by one line.
  • b/pgup — move up by one page.
  • h/left — move up by one section.
  • j/down — move down by one line.
  • f/pgdown — move down by one page.
  • l/right — move down by one section.
  • g/home — go to the first line in the file.
  • s — toggle the structure browser's visibility. 🙈

The mouse wheel can be used too! Scroll up and down within the active browser, main character energy. 🖱️🌈

💀 BUGS 💀

tfman does not currently (and is unlikely to ever) support the full groff macro language.

so yeah. she's not doing all that. 😭 respect the boundaries fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those next, iykyk 💜

⭐ AUTHORS ⭐

nick black — nickblack@linux.com 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie! this was tfman(1) from v3.0.17 — literally the swankiest manual reader in the game. go read something. slay. 💖✨🎀

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