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DWWW(1)                             Debian                             DWWW(1)

NAME
       dwww - access documentation via WWW

SYNOPSIS
       http://localhost/dwww/index.html
       dwww
       dwww program-name | package-name

DESCRIPTION
       A typical Linux system has documentation in many formats (manual pages,
       info  files, READMEs, and so on).  dwww makes it possible to access all
       of these via the same interface, a WWW browser.  This makes  it  easier
       to use the documentation.

       To  use  dwww,  load  the URL given in the SYNOPSIS.  If you have a web
       browser installed, you can also just run the dwww command  which  loads
       the  URL.   If  BROWSER  environment  variable is set, dwww uses sensi-
       ble-browser(1) to load the URL.  Otherwise, dwww  first  tries  to  use
       browser  specified  by  DWWW_BROWSER  or DWWW_X11_BROWSER configuration
       variable (cf.  dwww(7)), than will use sensible-browser(1) command.

       If optional argument program-name or package-name  is  specified,  dwww
       will search all documentation related to given program or package.

ENVIRONMENT
       BROWSER
              Program used to load the above mentioned URL.

FILES
       /etc/dwww/dwww.conf
              Configuration file for dwww.

SEE ALSO
       dwww-find(8), dwww(7), sensible-browser(1).

AUTHOR
       Lars  Wirzenius  <liw@iki.fi>.  Modified  by Robert Luberda <robert@de-
       bian.org>.
       Bugs should  be  reported  via  the   Debian  Bug  Tracking  System  at
       <URL:https://bugs.debian.org/>.

       dwww is licensed via the GNU General Public License.  While it has been
       written for Debian, porting it to other systems is strongly encouraged.

dwww 1.14                     December 21th, 2020                      DWWW(1)

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