Open the man page for the word under cursor or selected.
Move quickly by following links inside the man page.
Search the manual pages for names and descriptions (apropos).
Requirements
This extension requires man to be installed and working from the integrated terminal.
You may configure the command to execute the man binary with the man.path setting
Configuration
The extension accepts the following configuration parameters:
setting
description
default
manpages.binary.path
Path of the man binary
man
manpages.binary.args
Arguments passed to man
manpages.apropos.path
Path of the apropos binary
apropos
manpages.apropos.args
Arguments passed to apropos
manpages.openAsSplit
Open the manpage result in a split tab
true
manpages.editorMenuShortcutPosition
Specifies the position of the 'Open page' command in the editor context menu
navigation
manpages.enableSyntaxHighlighting
Enable syntax highlighting for manpages
true
For example, on Windows with WSL you may use the setting "manpages.binary.path": "wsl man".
Moreover, you can pass additional arguments to man, like "--manpath=/some/path", "--locale=fr", etc. The complete list depends on the OS, and you can find it by running man --help.
