# w3mman(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       w3mman - an interface to the on-line reference manuals via [w3m(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/w3m/1/markdown)

## SYNOPSIS
       **w3mman** [ **-M** _path_ ] [ [ _section_ ] _page_ ]
       **w3mman** [ **-M** _path_ ] [ _section_ ] **-k** _keyword_
       **w3mman** **-l** _file_

## DESCRIPTION
       **w3mman** is a Perl script that uses [**w3m**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/w3m/1/markdown) to serve as a pager for on-line reference manuals.

## OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included below.

### -M
              Specify _path_ as alternative MANPATH to use.

### -k
              Specify _keyword_.

### -l
              Specify a _file_.

## ENVIRONMENT
       Two variables are available for debugging.

       **W3MMAN**___**W3M**
              If W3MMAN_W3M is set, its value is used instead of w3m.

       **W3MMAN**___**MAN**
              If W3MMAN_MAN is set, its value is used instead of /usr/bin/man.

## FILES
       _/usr/lib/w3m/cgi-bin/w3mman2html.cgi_
              manual page to HTML converter.

## SEE ALSO
       [**man**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/man/1/markdown), [**w3m**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/w3m/1/markdown).

## AUTHOR
       This  manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <<ukai@debian.or.jp>>, for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others).



                                             2016-07-13                                    [W3MMAN(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/W3MMAN/1/markdown)