XMonad.Prompt.Man

A manual page prompt for XMonad window manager.

TODO

• narrow completions by section number, if the one is specified (like /etc/bash_completion does)

Usage

1. In your xmonad.hs:

import XMonad.Prompt
import XMonad.Prompt.Man

2. In your keybindings add something like:

    , ((modm, xK_F1), manPrompt def)

For detailed instruction on editing the key binding see the tutorial.

manPrompt :: XPConfig -> X ()

Query for manual page to be displayed.

getCommandOutput :: String -> IO String

Run a command using shell and return its output.

XXX Merge into XMonad.Util.Run?

(Ask "gurus" whether evaluate (length ...) approach is better/more idiomatic.)

data Man

Instances

XPrompt Man

Defined in XMonad.Prompt.Man

Methods

showXPrompt :: Man -> String

nextCompletion :: Man -> String -> [String] -> String

commandToComplete :: Man -> String -> String

completionToCommand :: Man -> String -> String

completionFunction :: Man -> ComplFunction

modeAction :: Man -> String -> String -> X ()