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diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index 75720491b2..2d6b09a43c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ -git-web--browse(1) -================== +git-web{litdd}browse(1) +======================= NAME ---- -git-web--browse - git helper script to launch a web browser +git-web--browse - Git helper script to launch a web browser SYNOPSIS -------- -'git web--browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ... +[verse] +'git web{litdd}browse' [OPTIONS] URL/FILE ... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,31 +21,39 @@ The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported: * firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE) * iceweasel +* seamonkey +* iceape +* chromium (also supported as chromium-browser) +* google-chrome (also supported as chrome) * konqueror (this is the default under KDE, see 'Note about konqueror' below) +* opera * w3m (this is the default outside graphical environments) +* elinks * links * lynx * dillo * open (this is the default under Mac OS X GUI) * start (this is the default under MinGW) +* cygstart (this is the default under Cygwin) +* xdg-open Custom commands may also be specified. OPTIONS ------- --b BROWSER:: ---browser=BROWSER:: - Use the specified BROWSER. It must be in the list of supported +-b <browser>:: +--browser=<browser>:: + Use the specified browser. It must be in the list of supported browsers. --t BROWSER:: ---tool=BROWSER:: +-t <browser>:: +--tool=<browser>:: Same as above. --c CONF.VAR:: ---config=CONF.VAR:: - CONF.VAR is looked up in the git config files. If it's set, - then its value specify the browser that should be used. +-c <conf.var>:: +--config=<conf.var>:: + CONF.VAR is looked up in the Git config files. If it's set, + then its value specifies the browser that should be used. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES ----------------------- @@ -53,16 +62,16 @@ CONF.VAR (from -c option) and web.browser ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The web browser can be specified using a configuration variable passed -with the -c (or --config) command line option, or the 'web.browser' +with the -c (or --config) command-line option, or the `web.browser` configuration variable if the former is not used. browser.<tool>.path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by -setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example, +setting the configuration variable `browser.<tool>.path`. For example, you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting -'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web--browse' assumes the tool +'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web{litdd}browse' assumes the tool is available in PATH. browser.<tool>.cmd @@ -70,15 +79,15 @@ browser.<tool>.cmd When the browser, specified by options or configuration variables, is not among the supported ones, then the corresponding -'browser.<tool>.cmd' configuration variable will be looked up. If this -variable exists then 'git web--browse' will treat the specified tool +`browser.<tool>.cmd` configuration variable will be looked up. If this +variable exists then 'git web{litdd}browse' will treat the specified tool as a custom command and will use a shell eval to run the command with the URLs passed as arguments. Note about konqueror -------------------- -When 'konqueror' is specified by a command line option or a +When 'konqueror' is specified by a command-line option or a configuration variable, we launch 'kfmclient' to try to open the HTML man page on an already opened konqueror in a new tab if possible. @@ -101,7 +110,7 @@ Note about git-config --global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using -the '--global' flag, for example like this: +the `--global` flag, for example like this: ------------------------------------------------ $ git config --global web.browser firefox @@ -110,16 +119,6 @@ $ git config --global web.browser firefox as they are probably more user specific than repository specific. See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this. -Author ------- -Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the git-list -<git@vger.kernel.org>, based on 'git mergetool' by Theodore Y. Ts'o. - -Documentation -------------- -Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the -git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |