org-mode-mirror/contrib/lisp/org-man.el

;;; org-man.el - Support for links to manpages in Org-mode
;;
;; Author: Carsten Dominik <carsten at orgmode dot org>
;; Keywords: outlines, hypermedia, calendar, wp
;; Homepage: http://orgmode.org
;; Version: 1.0
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;;; Commentary:

(require 'org)

(org-add-link-type "man" 'org-man-open 'org-man-export)
(add-hook 'org-store-link-functions 'org-man-store-link)

(defcustom org-man-command 'man
  "The Emacs command to be used to display a man page."
  :group 'org-link
  :type '(choice (const man) (const woman)))

(defun org-man-open (path)
  "Visit the manpage on PATH.
PATH should be a topic that can be thrown at the man command."
  (funcall org-man-command path))

(defun org-man-store-link ()
  "Store a link to a README file."
  (when (memq major-mode '(Man-mode woman-mode))
    ;; This is a man page, we do make this link
    (let* ((page (org-man-get-page-name))
           (link (concat "man:" page))
           (description (format "Manpage for %s" page)))
      (org-store-link-props
       :type "man"
       :link link
       :description description))))

(defun org-man-get-page-name ()
  "Extract the page name from the buffer name."
  ;; This works for both `Man-mode' and `woman-mode'.
  (if (string-match " \\(\\S-+\\)\\*" (buffer-name))
      (match-string 1 (buffer-name))
    (error "Cannot create link to this man page")))

(defun org-man-export (link description format)
  "Export a man page link from Org files."
  (let ((path (format "http://man.he.net/?topic=%s&section=all" link))
	(desc (or description link)))
    (cond
     ((eq format 'html) (format "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"%s\">%s</a>" path desc))
     ((eq format 'latex) (format "\href{%s}{%s}" path desc))
     ((eq format 'ascii) (format "%s (%s)" desc path))
     (t path))))

(provide 'org-man)

;;; org-man.el ends here