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+" Vim plugin for using Vim as manpager.
+" Maintainer: Enno Nagel <ennonagel+vim@gmail.com>
+" Last Change: 2016 Apr 30
+
+" $MAN_PN is supposed to be set by MANPAGER, see ":help manpager.vim".
+if empty($MAN_PN)
+  finish
+endif
+
+command! -nargs=0 MANPAGER call s:MANPAGER() | delcommand MANPAGER
+
+function! s:MANPAGER()
+  let page_pattern = '\v\w+%([-_.]\w+)*'
+  let sec_pattern = '\v\w+%(\+\w+)*'
+  let pagesec_pattern = '\v(' . page_pattern . ')\((' . sec_pattern . ')\)'
+
+  if $MAN_PN is '1'
+    let manpage = matchstr( getline(1), '^' . pagesec_pattern )
+  else
+    let manpage = expand('$MAN_PN')
+  endif
+
+  let page_sec = matchlist( manpage, '^' . pagesec_pattern  . '$')
+
+  bwipe!
+
+  setlocal filetype=man
+  exe 'Man' page_sec[3] page_sec[1]
+endfunction