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-rw-r--r--help.c58
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 483e1e9c38..af80979fcb 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -163,7 +163,15 @@ static void exec_man_man(const char* path, const char *page)
warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
}
-static void do_add_man_viewer(const char *name)
+static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
+{
+ struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
+ strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
+ execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, NULL);
+ warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", cmd, strerror(errno));
+}
+
+static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
{
struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
size_t len = strlen(name);
@@ -181,16 +189,6 @@ static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
!strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
}
-static int add_man_viewer(const char *value)
-{
- if (supported_man_viewer(value, strlen(value)))
- do_add_man_viewer(value);
- else
- warning("'%s': unsupported man viewer.", value);
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
size_t len,
const char *value)
@@ -210,7 +208,23 @@ static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
else
- warning("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.", name);
+ warning("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
+ "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead.",
+ name);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
+ size_t len,
+ const char *value)
+{
+ if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
+ warning("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
+ "Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead.",
+ name);
+ else
+ do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
return 0;
}
@@ -228,6 +242,11 @@ static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
return config_error_nonbool(var);
return add_man_viewer_path(name, subkey - name, value);
}
+ if (!strcmp(subkey, ".cmd")) {
+ if (!value)
+ return config_error_nonbool(var);
+ return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, subkey - name, value);
+ }
warning("'%s': unsupported man viewer sub key.", subkey);
return 0;
@@ -244,7 +263,8 @@ static int git_help_config(const char *var, const char *value)
if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
if (!value)
return config_error_nonbool(var);
- return add_man_viewer(value);
+ add_man_viewer(value);
+ return 0;
}
if (!prefixcmp(var, "man."))
return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
@@ -546,16 +566,18 @@ static void setup_man_path(void)
static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
{
- const char *path = get_man_viewer_info(name);
+ const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
- exec_man_man(path, page);
+ exec_man_man(info, page);
else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
- exec_woman_emacs(path, page);
+ exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
- exec_man_konqueror(path, page);
+ exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
+ else if (info)
+ exec_man_cmd(info, page);
else
- warning("'%s': unsupported man viewer.", name);
+ warning("'%s': unknown man viewer.", name);
}
static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd)