{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let makewhatis = "${lib.getBin cfg.package}/bin/makewhatis"; cfg = config.documentation.man.mandoc; in { meta.maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sternenseemann ]; options = { documentation.man.mandoc = { enable = lib.mkEnableOption "mandoc as the default man page viewer"; manPath = lib.mkOption { type = with lib.types; listOf str; default = [ "share/man" ]; example = lib.literalExpression "[ \"share/man\" \"share/man/fr\" ]"; description = '' Change the manpath, i. e. the directories where man1 looks for section-specific directories of man pages. You only need to change this setting if you want extra man pages (e. g. in non-english languages). All values must be strings that are a valid path from the target prefix (without including it). The first value given takes priority. ''; }; package = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.package; default = pkgs.mandoc; defaultText = lib.literalExpression "pkgs.mandoc"; description = '' The mandoc derivation to use. Useful to override configuration options used for the package. ''; }; }; }; config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { environment = { systemPackages = [ cfg.package ]; # tell mandoc about man pages etc."man.conf".text = lib.concatMapStrings (path: '' manpath /run/current-system/sw/${path} '') cfg.manPath; # create mandoc.db for whatis(1), apropos(1) and man(1) -k # TODO(@sternenseemman): fix symlinked directories not getting indexed, # see: https://inbox.vuxu.org/mandoc-tech/20210906171231.GF83680@athene.usta.de/T/#e85f773c1781e3fef85562b2794f9cad7b2909a3c extraSetup = lib.mkIf config.documentation.man.generateCaches '' ${makewhatis} -T utf8 ${ lib.concatMapStringsSep " " (path: "$out/" + lib.escapeShellArg path ) cfg.manPath } ''; }; }; }