[emacs-w3m:13938] [emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m] Feature request: support for w3mman (Issue #119)

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blahgeek created an issue (emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m#119)

w3m ships with a CGI tool `w3mman2html.cgi` and a helper script `w3mman` to view manpages in w3m. Essentially one can use URL like `file:///path/to/w3mman2html.cgi?man=ls` to view the manpage. It would be great if emacs-w3m can support this use case.

Currently if I visit the above URL using emacs-w3m directly, it would fail to fetch the content, because it will be treated as a local url. Modifying `w3m-url-local-p` to have it return nil can fix the issue.

Furthermore, instead of visiting the above URL explicitly, it would be great if emacs-w3m provide extra support. Sort of like `w3m-search`, maybe provide a function named `w3m-man` that can construct the above URL with input completion etc.

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<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; white-space: pre-wrap; align-items: center; "><img height="20" width="20" style="border-radius:50%; margin-right: 4px;" decoding="async" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1308450?s=20&amp;v=4" /><strong>blahgeek</strong> created an issue <a href="https://github.com/emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m/issues/119">(emacs-w3m/emacs-w3m#119)</a></div>
<p dir="auto">w3m ships with a CGI tool <code class="notranslate">w3mman2html.cgi</code> and a helper script <code class="notranslate">w3mman</code> to view manpages in w3m. Essentially one can use URL like <code class="notranslate">file:///path/to/w3mman2html.cgi?man=ls</code> to view the manpage. It would be great if emacs-w3m can support this use case.</p>
<p dir="auto">Currently if I visit the above URL using emacs-w3m directly, it would fail to fetch the content, because it will be treated as a local url. Modifying <code class="notranslate">w3m-url-local-p</code> to have it return nil can fix the issue.</p>
<p dir="auto">Furthermore, instead of visiting the above URL explicitly, it would be great if emacs-w3m provide extra support. Sort of like <code class="notranslate">w3m-search</code>, maybe provide a function named <code class="notranslate">w3m-man</code> that can construct the above URL with input completion etc.</p>

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