ideabucket · April 29, 2022 04:10
diff --git a/bbman.fish b/bbman.fish
 #!/usr/bin/env fish

 # derived from Dr Drang's bman: https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/03/last-man-standing/
 # set this as your $MANPAGER to have manpages automatically open in bbedit

 # col -bx to strip the formatting, read -z to make it all one string rather than an array
 col -bx | read -z manbuffer

 # lets us set a man-esque window title, e.g. "awk(1)"
 set manname (string lower (string match -r '^[^)]+\)' $manbuffer))

 # this feels painfully non-idiomatic
 echo $manbuffer | bbedit --new-window --clean --view-top -m "unix-man-page" -t $manname
	#!/usr/bin/env fish

	# derived from Dr Drang's bman: https://leancrew.com/all-this/2022/03/last-man-standing/
	# set this as your $MANPAGER to have manpages automatically open in bbedit

	# col -bx to strip the formatting, read -z to make it all one string rather than an array
	col -bx \| read -z manbuffer

	# lets us set a man-esque window title, e.g. "awk(1)"
	set manname (string lower (string match -r '^[^)]+\)' $manbuffer))

	# this feels painfully non-idiomatic
	echo $manbuffer \| bbedit --new-window --clean --view-top -m "unix-man-page" -t $manname