TIL: You can open man or info pages in Firefox by man:<page> or info:<page>

by mofosyneon 5/5/2024, 12:09:50 AM with 5 comments
  • by mofosyneon 5/5/2024, 4:03:19 AM

    Addendum from https://mastodon.social/@mofosyne/112385581085525369

    Turns out that it's because KHelpCenter in some linux distros hooks to these uris. So typing this uri would autoopen these man entries in KHelpCenter.

  • by stonegrayon 5/5/2024, 5:09:22 AM

    Related, macOS has a similar url schema:

    x-man-page://man

  • by Am4TIfIsER0pposon 5/6/2024, 10:14:17 AM

    > The address wasn’t understood

    version 125 isn't new enough for you?

    Oh you mean firefox looks uses a protocol handler installed on your system to open an unusual link? Never heard of mailto: irc: magnet:? I think even steam had its own at one point.

  • by john534675on 5/5/2024, 11:51:57 AM

    It does not work for me.