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manpages2dictionary


a little script to create a mac osx dictionary from all your systems manpages...

requirements

usage

  • cd into the directory
  • run: ./manpages.sh > manpages.xml
  • run: make (make install to install globally)
  • the dictionary file will be in ./objects
Open the Dictionary.app Preferences to select the manpages package

if make fails...

edit bin/replace_entryid_bodyid.pl (in the Dictionary Developer Kit ROOT) and comment out lines 86-89


a precompiled version can be downloaded via the releases.