manServer in OS X

com.benalman.manserver.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>manServer</string>
        <key>OnDemand</key>
        <false/>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/Users/YOURUSERNAME/bin/manServer_107.pl</string>
        </array>
</dict>
</plist>

man_init.sh

#!/bin/bash

# manServer in OS X
# 
# by "Cowboy" Ben Alman
# http://benalman.com/
#
# for use with manServer
# http://www.squarebox.co.uk/users/rolf/download/manServer.shtml
# http://www.squarebox.co.uk/users/rolf/download/manServer_107.pl
# 
# download manServer_107.pl to ~/bin/
# copy man_init.sh to ~/bin/
# copy com.benalman.manserver.plist to ~/Library/LaunchAgents
# 
# edit: com.benalman.manserver.plist, change YOURUSERNAME
# run: launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.benalman.manserver.plist
# 
# reference ~/bin/man_init.sh in your .bashrc

if [ ! "$SSH_TTY" ]; then
  function man() {
    if [ "$(echo $1 | grep '^-')" ]; then
      command man "$@"
    else
      local CMD
      if [ "$2" ]; then
        CMD="$2.$1"
      else
        CMD="$1"
      fi
      open "http://localhost:8888/$CMD"
    fi
  }
else