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+++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git-web--browse(1)
-==================
+git-web{litdd}browse(1)
+=======================
NAME
----
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ 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
-----------
@@ -20,30 +21,37 @@ 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)
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::
+-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.
+ then its value specifies the browser that should be used.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
-----------------------
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ browser.<tool>.path
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-web--browse' assumes the tool
+'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git web{litdd}browse' assumes the tool
is available in PATH.
browser.<tool>.cmd
@@ -70,14 +78,14 @@ 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
+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 the 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.
@@ -96,7 +104,7 @@ the following:
cmd = A_PATH_TO/konqueror
------------------------------------------------
-Note about git config --global
+Note about git-config --global
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using
@@ -109,16 +117,6 @@ $ 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