content: -- manpage
  --
  -- View man page in BBEdit
  --
  
  -- man ls | col -b | bbedit --new-window
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  on fetchManpage(theManpageName)
  	set theScript to "man " & theManpageName & " | man2html"
  	set thePage to do shell script theScript
  	return thePage
  end fetchManpage
  
  on manpageDoc(the
  
  tell application "BBEdit"
  	set theResponse to display dialog "Manpage" default answer ""
  	if button returned of theResponse is "OK" then
  		set theManpageName to text returned of theResponse
  		
  		-- Get HTML version of man page
  		set thePage to fetchManpage(theManpageName)
  		
  		-- Put in a text window
  		set theWindow to make new text window with properties {contents:thePage}
  		set theDoc to document of theWindow
  		set name of theDoc to "man: " & theManpageName
  		-- select line 1 of theDoc
  		log insertion point of theDoc
  		select insertion point before line 1 of theDoc
  	end if
  end tell