[IPython-user] man page question

[belinda thom]

On Dec 29, 2006, at 9:14 PM, belinda thom wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed the latest version of ipython (0.7.3) via easy_install.
>
> I noticed the egg came with pages in:
>
>   ipython-0.7.3-py2.4.egg/share/man/man1
>
>
> Is it intentional that we need to add this to one's MANPATH in  
> order for
>
>   man ipython
>
> to work?

Scratch that (shouldn't change MANPATH). My current workaround is a  
symlink:

sudo ln /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ 
python2.4/site-packages/ipython-0.7.3-py2.4.egg/share/man/man1/ 
ipython.1.gz /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/man/ 
man1/.

But it seems leaving man pages "in the egg" in the first place is  
less than desirable.

--b