option supersedes any other option.
-i|--info::
- Use the 'info' program to display the manual page, instead of
- the 'man' program that is used by default.
+ Display manual page for the command in the 'info' format. The
+ 'info' program will be used for that purpose.
-m|--man::
- Use the 'man' program to display the manual page. This may be
- used to override a value set in the 'help.format'
- configuration variable.
+ Display manual page for the command in the 'man' format. This
+ option may be used to override a value set in the
+ 'help.format' configuration variable.
++
+By default the 'man' program will be used to display the manual page,
+but the 'man.viewer' configuration variable may be used to choose
+other display programs (see below).
-w|--web::
- Use a web browser to display the HTML manual page, instead of
- the 'man' program that is used by default.
+ Display manual page for the command in the 'web' (HTML)
+ format. A web browser will be used for that purpose.
+
The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable
'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of
-these config variables is set, the 'git-help--browse' helper script
-(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default.
-+
-You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by
-setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example,
-you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting
-'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-help--browse' assumes the tool
-is available in PATH.
-+
-Note that the script tries, as much as possible, to display the HTML
-page in a new tab on an already opened browser.
-+
-The following browsers are currently supported by 'git-help--browse':
-+
-* firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE)
-* iceweasel
-* konqueror (this is the default under KDE)
-* w3m (this is the default outside X Window)
-* links
-* lynx
-* dillo
+these config variables is set, the 'git-web--browse' helper script
+(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default. See
+linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
-----------------------
+help.format
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
If no command line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration
variable will be checked. The following values are supported for this
variable; they make 'git-help' behave as their corresponding command
* "man" corresponds to '-m|--man',
* "info" corresponds to '-i|--info',
-* "web" or "html" correspond to '-w|--web',
+* "web" or "html" correspond to '-w|--web'.
+
+help.browser, web.browser and browser.<tool>.path
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'help.browser', 'web.browser' and 'browser.<tool>.path' will also
be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command line
option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS
-section above.
+section above and linkgit:git-web--browse[1].
+
+man.viewer
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The 'man.viewer' config variable will be checked if the 'man' format
+is chosen. Only the following values are currently supported:
+
+* "man": use the 'man' program as usual,
+* "woman": use 'emacsclient' to launch the "woman" mode in emacs
+(this only works starting with emacsclient versions 22),
+* "konqueror": use a man KIO slave in konqueror.
+
+Multiple values may be given to this configuration variable. Their
+corresponding programs will be tried in the order listed in the
+configuration file.
+
+For example, this configuration:
+
+ [man]
+ viewer = konqueror
+ viewer = woman
+
+will try to use konqueror first. But this may fail (for example if
+DISPLAY is not set) and in that case emacs' woman mode will be tried.
+
+If everything fails the 'man' program will be tried anyway.
+
+Note about git config --global
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using
-the '--global' flag, for example like this:
+Note that all these configuration variables should probably be set
+using the '--global' flag, for example like this:
------------------------------------------------
$ git config --global help.format web