vidman
A command-line tool developed by DistroTube for quickly retrieving and invoking video man pages (Video Man Pages) within the Linux terminal. It supports playback of instructional videos via a web browser or MPV media player, as well as reading accompanying org-format documentation through the less pager.
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DT maintains a vidman repository on GitLab, where README.org renders a table listing all covered commands, their YouTube video links, and org-format document links.
vidman is a command-line tool that allows users to type vidman followed by a command name in the terminal to view the corresponding video or accompanying documentation.
Claude proactively added a configuration file mechanism (.config/vidman/config, key=value format) to the generated tool to support custom video players, even though DT's prompt did not request this feature.
The generated bash script begins with a #!/usr/bin/bash shebang and set -euo pipefail for error checking, and contains functions such as resolve_share_directory and resolve_docs_directory.
The vidman tool supports six flags: -W (watch, plays with MPV by default), -R (read, reads org documents), -B (browser, must be used with -W), -M, -L (list covered commands), and -H (help).
vidman was successfully verified to install via both a Makefile and a PKGBUILD, allowing it to be installed as a package on Arch and also installed via Makefile on any distribution.
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DT maintains a vidman repository on GitLab, where README.org renders a table listing all covered commands, their YouTube video links, and org-format document links.
50%Unverifiedvidman is a command-line tool that allows users to type vidman followed by a command name in the terminal to view the corresponding video or accompanying documentation.
50%UnverifiedClaude proactively added a configuration file mechanism (.config/vidman/config, key=value format) to the generated tool to support custom video players, even though DT's prompt did not request this feature.
50%UnverifiedThe generated bash script begins with a #!/usr/bin/bash shebang and set -euo pipefail for error checking, and contains functions such as resolve_share_directory and resolve_docs_directory.
50%UnverifiedThe vidman tool supports six flags: -W (watch, plays with MPV by default), -R (read, reads org documents), -B (browser, must be used with -W), -M, -L (list covered commands), and -H (help).
50%Unverifiedvidman was successfully verified to install via both a Makefile and a PKGBUILD, allowing it to be installed as a package on Arch and also installed via Makefile on any distribution.
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