woman - Preview list for man documents

woman

#!/bin/env bash

# Lookup section meaning in `man man`.
sections='1,8,6,5,7'

show_manual () {
    man -- "${1%% *}" 2> /dev/null
}
export -f show_manual

if selection=$(man -k . --sections="${sections}" \
               | sort -t ' ' -k 2,2 -k 1,1 \
               | fzf -q "${*}" \
                     --cycle \
                     --border=none \
                     --bind change:first \
                     --bind tab:down \
                     --bind shift-tab:up \
                     --bind esc:cancel+clear-selection \
                     --tiebreak=begin,chunk,length \
                     --reverse \
                     --preview='show_manual {}' \
                     --preview-window=down:70%:wrap:border-rounded)
then
    show_manual "${selection}"
fi

woman.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Alternate portable POSIX version
# by SleepingProcess:
# https://www.reddit.com/r/bash/comments/13z41ji/woman_preview_list_for_man_documents/jmvdyry/

sections='1,8,6,5,7'

rc=$(
  man -k . --sections="${sections}" | sort -t ' ' -k 2,2 -k 1,1  |
  fzf -q "${*}"   \
       --cycle        \
       --border=none      \
       --bind change:first    \
       --bind tab:down            \
       --bind shift-tab:up            \
       --bind esc:cancel+clear-selection  \
       --tiebreak=begin,chunk,length          \
       --reverse                                   \
       --preview='s={}; man -- "${s%% *}" 2> /dev/null' \
       --preview-window=down:70%:wrap:border-rounded
)

[ -z "${rc}" ] && exit || man -- "${rc%% *}" 2> /dev/null

This command is taken from this users suggestion and modified to my needs: https://www.reddit.com/r/bash/comments/13xz1kc/the_only_cheat_sheet_you_need/jmmvn6v/