perf config: Document 'man.viewer' variable in man page
authorTaeung Song <[email protected]>
Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:25:10 +0000 (18:25 +0900)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Thu, 4 Feb 2016 14:46:54 +0000 (11:46 -0300)
Explain 'man.viewer' variable and how to add new man viewer tools.

Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt

index 5e1db5ae53c46960d52415dd784e86d8b9683346..fd3f048c964482b62d67853d34c37e33b8fcace4 100644 (file)
@@ -412,6 +412,15 @@ top.*::
                column by default.
                The default is 'true'.
 
+man.*::
+       man.viewer::
+               This option can assign a tool to view manual pages when 'help'
+               subcommand was invoked. Supported tools are 'man', 'woman'
+               (with emacs client) and 'konqueror'. Default is 'man'.
+
+               New man viewer tool can be also added using 'man.<tool>.cmd'
+               or use different path using 'man.<tool>.path' config option.
+
 SEE ALSO
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 linkperf:perf[1]