MAN(nged)

💖 NAME 💖

man — opens the graphical man page viewer. Yup, bestie, this is the MAN(nged) page from BRL-CAD MGED Commands. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

man [cmdname]
man [-g | --gui] [cmdname]
man [--no-gui] [-L language] [-S section] [cmdname]
man [-k|-K] keyword
man [-h | --help]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So man launches the BRL-CAD manual page viewer for the specified command name. ✨

By default, man starts the GUI viewer when possible. It can also force GUI or non-GUI mode and can select a manual language or manual section before launching brlman. 🦋

The -k and -K options search manual pages instead of opening a named page. The -k option searches names, synopses, and brief descriptions; -K searches the full manual page text. No cap, that’s the whole search vibe. 🔍

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -h, —help — Print help and exit. 🫶
• -g, —gui — Force use of the graphical manual page viewer. 🎀
• —no-gui — Force command-line viewer mode. 💻
• -L, —language lang — Select the manual language to request from brlman. 🌈
• -S, —section section — Select the manual section to request from brlman. 🗂️
• -k keyword — Search manual page names, synopses, and brief descriptions. 🔎
• -K keyword — Search the full manual page text. 📚

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

Example 1. Open the view manual page in the default viewer mode.

mged> man view

Launches the BRL-CAD manual page viewer on the view command page. Slay. ✨

Example 2. Open a specific section in command-line mode.

mged> man —no-gui -S 1 rt

Launches brlman in non-GUI mode and requests section 1 for rt. 💅

Example 3. Search command manual pages.

mged> man -K "boolean operations"

Opens the graphical manual page viewer with ranked full-text results. Obsessed. 🔥

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

BRL-CAD Team. 👑

🧚 COPYRIGHT 🧚

This software is Copyright (c) 2016-2026 United States Government as represented by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. 🫡

🍓 BUG REPORTS 🍓

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org. 📧

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💖 cute little sign-off: source/version BRL-CAD, page MAN(nged). Byeee, bestie! 💖