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Vim <strong>101</strong> Hacks<br />
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Hack 45. Access Unix Man page for Functions from<br />
Vim<br />
From the Vim editor, press K on the word for which you want to read the man<br />
page.<br />
K<br />
To access another section man page give {n}K. For example, to access the 2 nd<br />
section of the man page, do the following.<br />
2K<br />
Example: Sleep is a command, as well as library routine. So from a C program<br />
if you attempt to view this man page, then you need to use 3K<br />
Customize Man page Lookup (For example, Change to Perldoc)<br />
To look up things other than Unix man pages, specify a different keywordprg.<br />
For example, if you are a Perl programmer, you will be using the perldoc<br />
command often for reading information about a function. So, set the<br />
following in Vim editor.<br />
:set keywordprg=perldoc\ -f<br />
After the above setting, when you press K on a function name it will open the<br />
perldoc instead of the Unix man page.<br />
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