MANGL(1)

NAME
mangl - graphical man page viewer

SYNOPSIS
mangl [-fhlV] [[section] page]

DESCRIPTION
The mangl utility uses OpenGL to display man pages with clickable hyperlinks and smooth scrolling.

The options are as follows:

-f, --no-fork
    Don't fork the GUI in the background.

-h, --help
    Show the usage and quit.

-l, --local-file
    Interpret page as a local filename.

-V, --version
    Print the version and quit.

MANGL STARTUP FILE
The .manglrc file may contain configuration options. The defaults are

    font: Anonymous Pro
    font_size: 10
    gui_scale: 1
    line_spacing: 1
    initial_window_rows: 40
    color_background: #151515
    color_foreground: #fdfde8
    color_bold: #a4d4f1
    color_italic: #ffce79
    color_dim: #7b7b7b
    color_scrollbar_background: #262626
    color_scrollbar_thumb: #454545
    color_scrollbar_thumb_hover: #545454
    color_link: #4515ff
    color_gui_1: #ebb470
    color_gui_2: #8fbfdc
    color_error: #ff1515
    color_searches: #1515ff
    color_search_selected: #15ff15

font parameter uses the fc-match external program to find the font file. The font file can also be specified directly.

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE COMMANDS

j   Move the cursor down one line.

k   Move the cursor up one line.

<cursor-arrows>
    The cursor arrow keys should work, too.

<space>, <shift-space>
    Scroll by one page.

<page-up>, <page-down>
    Scroll by one page.

<Alt-v>, <Ctrl-v>
    Scroll by one page.

gg, <Home>
    Go to beginning of the page.

G, <End>
    Go to the end of the page.

b, <Esc>, <right-mouse-click>
    Go back to the previous page.

f   Go forward to the next page after going back with b.

<Ctrl-F>
    Open search for manpages.

q, <Ctrl-C>, <Ctrl-D>
    Exit the program.

/text
    Search for the string “text” in the file, and move the cursor to its first character. Case insensitive unless text is mixed-case.

n, N
    Move to the next (N:previous) location of text.