# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later # CATEGORY # 14-miscellaneous # # SYNOPSIS # config-help [section] # config-help --html # config-help [section] --man # config-help --help # # DESCRIPTION # Opens the offline fish shell configuration manual in the best available # pager. Falls back through ov -> bat -> man -> less -> cat. # If a section keyword is provided, the pager opens at the first heading # that matches the keyword. Lookup order: docs/fish-config.index (exact # keyword aliases), then a normalized heading scan as fallback. # When opened with ov a sticky navigation hint is shown at the top of the # screen. Section matching is case-insensitive. Pass --html / -w to open # the published documentation website (https://fish.rootiest.fyi/) # in the default browser via xdg-open — deep links to a section aren't # supported there, so if a keyword is given a note points you to the site's # search box instead. Pass --man / -m to open the compiled man page # (docs/fish-config.1) via `man -l`; if a section keyword is given, the # pager opens at the nearest match. Pass --help or -h for usage and the # navigation key reference. # # ARGUMENTS # section Optional keyword to jump to a matching section heading # -w, --html Open the published documentation website in the default browser # -m, --man Open the compiled man page via man -l # -h, --help Print usage and navigation reference, then exit # # EXIT STATUS # 0 Manual displayed # 1 Documentation file not found, or required tool not available # # RETURNS # With -h/--help, the usage and navigation reference, printed to stdout. # Otherwise, the manual is shown via the resolved pager (not captured stdout). # # EXAMPLE # config-help # config-help keybindings # config-help pkg # config-help fish-deps # config-help --html # config-help --man # config-help keys --man # config-help --help # config-help pkg --man # # NOTES # The preferred invocation is `help config [...]` — this function is # registered as a handler in the help wrapper so that syntax works # transparently. Direct `config-help` calls are also valid. function config-help --description 'Open the offline fish shell configuration manual' set -l doc_file "$__fish_config_dir/docs/fish-config.md" set -l idx_file "$__fish_config_dir/docs/fish-config.index" set -l man_file "$__fish_config_dir/docs/fish-config.1" set -l site_url "https://fish.rootiest.fyi/" # ── Extract section keyword (first non-flag argument) ──────── set -l section_kw "" for arg in $argv if not string match -q -- '-*' $arg set section_kw $arg break end end # ── Resolve section keyword → heading text ─────────────────── # Used by --html (anchor lookup), --man (search pattern), and the # pager fallback chain (line number). Runs once, shared by all paths. set -l found_text "" if test -n "$section_kw" set -l norm_kw (string lower -- $section_kw | string replace -ra '[^a-z0-9]' '') # 1. Index lookup (keyword aliases) if test -f "$idx_file" while read -l idxline string match -qr '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' -- $idxline; and continue set -l kv (string split -m 1 '=' -- $idxline) test (count $kv) -lt 2; and continue set -l k (string lower -- $kv[1] | string replace -ra '[^a-z0-9]' '') if test "$k" = "$norm_kw" set found_text $kv[2] break end end <"$idx_file" end # 2. Normalized heading scan fallback if test -z "$found_text"; and test -f "$doc_file" for entry in (grep -n "^#" "$doc_file") set -l parts (string split -m 1 ':' -- $entry) set -l text $parts[2] set -l norm_text (string lower -- $text | string replace -ra '[^a-z0-9]' '') if string match -q "*$norm_kw*" $norm_text set found_text $text break end end end end # ── --html / -w ────────────────────────────────────────────── if contains -- --html $argv; or contains -- -w $argv if test -n "$section_kw" set_color yellow echo "note: deep links aren't available on the website — opening the site root; use its search box to find '$section_kw'" >&2 set_color normal end if type -q xdg-open xdg-open "$site_url" &>/dev/null & disown else set_color red echo "error: no opener found — visit $site_url" >&2 set_color normal return 1 end return 0 end # ── --man / -m ─────────────────────────────────────────────── if contains -- --man $argv; or contains -- -m $argv if not test -f "$man_file" set_color red echo "error: man page not found at $man_file" >&2 set_color normal return 1 end if not type -q man set_color red echo "error: man not found — cannot open man page" >&2 set_color normal return 1 end if test -n "$found_text" # Strip Markdown heading markers to get the bare section name, # then pass it as a less search pattern. MANPAGER is overridden # here because the bat renderer does not support +/pattern jumps. set -l pattern (string replace -ra '^#+ *' '' -- $found_text | string trim) # Single-quote the +/pattern inside the MANPAGER string so the # shell doesn't word-split headings that contain spaces. env MANPAGER="less '+/$pattern'" man -l "$man_file" else if test -n "$section_kw" set_color yellow echo "note: no section matching '$section_kw' — opening at top" >&2 set_color normal man -l "$man_file" else man -l "$man_file" end return 0 end # ── --help / -h ────────────────────────────────────────────── if contains -- --help $argv; or contains -- -h $argv set_color --bold echo "help config / config-help" set_color normal echo " — view the offline fish shell configuration manual" echo "" set_color --bold brblue echo USAGE set_color normal echo " help config "(set_color yellow)"[section]"(set_color normal) echo " help config "(set_color yellow)"[section] --html"(set_color normal) echo " help config "(set_color yellow)"[section] --man"(set_color normal) echo " help config "(set_color yellow)"--help"(set_color normal) echo "" set_color --bold brblue echo ARGUMENTS set_color normal echo " "(set_color yellow)"section"(set_color normal)" Optional keyword to jump to a matching section heading." echo " Searches docs/fish-config.index for aliases first, then" echo " falls back to a normalized (case- and punctuation-insensitive)" echo " scan of heading lines." echo " "(set_color yellow)"-w, --html"(set_color normal)" Open the published documentation website in the default browser." echo " Deep links aren't supported — use the site's search box." echo " "(set_color yellow)"-m, --man"(set_color normal)" Open the compiled man page via man -l." echo " If a section keyword is given, jumps to the nearest match." echo "" set_color --bold brblue echo EXAMPLES set_color normal echo " "(set_color green)"help config"(set_color normal)" open at top" echo " "(set_color green)"help config keybindings"(set_color normal)" jump to Key Bindings section" echo " "(set_color green)"help config pkg"(set_color normal)" jump to the pkg function entry" echo " "(set_color green)"help config fish-deps"(set_color normal)" jump to fish-deps" echo " "(set_color green)"help config abbreviations"(set_color normal)" jump to Abbreviations section" echo " "(set_color green)"help config --html"(set_color normal)" open the documentation website" echo " "(set_color green)"help config --man"(set_color normal)" open compiled man page" echo " "(set_color green)"help config pkg --man"(set_color normal)" open man page at pkg section" echo "" set_color --bold brblue echo "NAVIGATION (ov pager)" set_color normal echo " "(set_color cyan)"Space"(set_color normal)" next section" echo " "(set_color cyan)"^"(set_color normal)" previous section" echo " "(set_color cyan)"Alt+u"(set_color normal)" toggle section list sidebar" echo " "(set_color cyan)"/"(set_color normal)" search forward" echo " "(set_color cyan)"n"(set_color normal)" / "(set_color cyan)"N"(set_color normal)" next / previous search match" echo " "(set_color cyan)"g"(set_color normal)" go to line number" echo " "(set_color cyan)"q"(set_color normal)" quit" echo "" set_color --bold brblue echo "PAGER FALLBACK CHAIN" set_color normal echo " "(set_color brblack)"1."(set_color normal)" ov + bat section nav + syntax highlighting "(set_color brblack)"(best)"(set_color normal) echo " "(set_color brblack)"2."(set_color normal)" ov alone section nav, raw Markdown" echo " "(set_color brblack)"3."(set_color normal)" bat alone syntax highlighting, use / to search" echo " "(set_color brblack)"4."(set_color normal)" man -l pre-compiled man page (if available)" echo " "(set_color brblack)"5."(set_color normal)" less plain text with line-jump" echo " "(set_color brblack)"6."(set_color normal)" cat plain output" return 0 end if not test -f "$doc_file" set_color red echo "error: documentation not found at $doc_file" >&2 set_color normal return 1 end # ── Resolve section start line (for pager) ─────────────────── # found_text is already resolved above; just need the line number. set -l start_line 1 if test -n "$found_text" set -l lnum (grep -Fn "$found_text" "$doc_file" | cut -d: -f1 | head -1) if test -n "$lnum" set start_line $lnum end else if test -n "$section_kw" set_color yellow echo "note: no section matching '$section_kw' — opening at top" >&2 set_color normal end # ── Navigation hint line ───────────────────────────────────── # Prepended to the ov input stream and pinned via --header 1 so it # remains visible at the top of the screen at all times. set -l nav_hint \ " \033[2mNAVIGATION: [ Space=next section ^=prev Alt+u=sections /=search q=quit ]\033[0m" # ── Viewer fallback chain ──────────────────────────────────── # When jumping to a section, slice the file from start_line so ov # opens with that section at the top without needing --pattern. # (--section-header pins delimiter lines as sticky headers, removing # them from pattern-search scope — tail-slice sidesteps this entirely.) if type -q ov; and type -q bat set -l ov_args \ --header 1 \ --section-delimiter "^#" \ --section-header if test $start_line -gt 1 begin printf "$nav_hint\n" bat --color=always --style=plain --language=markdown "$doc_file" \ | tail -n +$start_line end | ov $ov_args else begin printf "$nav_hint\n" bat --color=always --style=plain --language=markdown "$doc_file" end | ov $ov_args end # ov alone: section navigation on raw Markdown; no code highlighting. else if type -q ov set -l ov_args \ --header 1 \ --section-delimiter "^#" \ --section-header if test $start_line -gt 1 begin printf "$nav_hint\n" tail -n +$start_line "$doc_file" end | ov $ov_args else begin printf "$nav_hint\n" cat "$doc_file" end | ov $ov_args end # bat alone: syntax highlighting with built-in paging; no line jump. else if type -q bat if test $start_line -gt 1 set_color brblack echo "note: bat pager — use / to search for your section" >&2 set_color normal end bat --language=markdown --paging=always "$doc_file" # Pre-compiled man page (generated by CI after merge). else if test -f "$man_file" man -l "$man_file" else if type -q less less +"$start_line" "$doc_file" else cat "$doc_file" end end