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Can't view man pages if not connected to the internet #561

Open hapygallagher opened 7 months ago

hapygallagher commented 7 months ago

Describe the bug Currently in the terminal, entering: "man " will spawn a browser which isn't very helpful if you're not connected to the internet. (particularly if you're trying to read man pages to get on the internet) ;)

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Start a terminal when not connected to the internet
  2. type: man /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
  3. web browser opens up and cannot load

Expected behavior man page should be viewable in terminal as a fallback option if internet is unavailable (or even better should always be available as an option)

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probonopd commented 7 months ago

That's an unintended consequence of using using HTML versions from the internet. We need to find a way to show locally stored man pages in a web browser or other suitable GUI application. As a workaround, use the other man command (/usr/bin/man vs. /usr/local/bin/man).