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+;;; org-man.el - Support for links to manpages in Org-mode
+;;
+;; Author: Carsten Dominik <carsten at orgmode dot org>
+;; Keywords: outlines, hypermedia, calendar, wp
+;; Homepage: http://orgmode.org
+;; Version: 1.0
+;;
+;; This file is not yet part of GNU Emacs.
+;;
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;;; Commentary:
+
+(require 'org)
+
+(org-add-link-type "man" 'org-man-open)
+(add-hook 'org-store-link-functions 'org-man-store-link)
+
+(defcustom org-man-command 'man
+  "The Emacs command to be used to display a man page."
+  :group 'org-link
+  :type '(choice (const man) (const woman)))
+
+(defun org-man-open (path)
+  "Visit the manpage on PATH.
+PATH should be a topic that can be thrown at the man command."
+  (funcall org-man-command path))
+
+(defun org-man-store-link ()
+  "Store a link to a README file."
+  (when (memq major-mode '(Man-mode woman-mode))
+    ;; This is a man page, we do make this link
+    (let* ((page (org-man-get-page-name))
+           (link (concat "man:" page))
+           (description (format "Manpage for %s" page)))
+      (org-store-link-props
+       :type "man"
+       :link link
+       :description description))))
+
+(defun org-man-get-page-name ()
+  "Extract the page name from the buffer name."
+  ;; This works for both `Man-mode' and `woman-mode'.
+  (if (string-match " \\(\\S-+\\)\\*" (buffer-name))
+      (match-string 1 (buffer-name))
+    (error "Cannot create link to this man page")))
+
+(provide 'org-man)
+
+;;; org-man.el ends here