Function: nroff-view

nroff-view is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in nroff-mode.el.gz.

Signature

(nroff-view)

Documentation

Run man on this file.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/textmodes/nroff-mode.el.gz
(defun nroff-view ()
  "Run man on this file."
  (interactive)
  (require 'man)
  (let* ((file (buffer-file-name))
	 (viewbuf (get-buffer (concat "*Man " file "*"))))
    (unless file
      (error "Buffer is not associated with any file"))
    (and (buffer-modified-p)
	 (y-or-n-p (format "Save buffer %s first? " (buffer-name)))
	 (save-buffer))
    (if viewbuf
	(kill-buffer viewbuf))
    (Man-getpage-in-background (shell-quote-argument file))))