
We do not want to move POSIX utilities into subsections since they have standard names, but we can do whatever we want with Applications :^). This is particularly advantageous as many applications contain several images, which declutters the man1 directory.
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Name
Synopsis
$ Help
$ Help [section] page
$ Help search_query
$ Help file
Description
Help
is Serenity's digital manual, the GUI counterpart to man
.
It lets you search for and read manual pages (or "man pages").
Examples
To open Help:
$ Help
To open documentation for the echo
command:
$ Help echo
To open the documentation for the mkdir
command:
$ Help 1 mkdir
Conversely, to open the documentation about the mkdir()
syscall:
$ Help 2 mkdir
Files
Help
looks for man pages under /usr/share/man
. For example,
this man page should be located at /usr/share/man/man1/Help.md
.