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+" Vim plugin for using Vim as manpager.
+" Maintainer: Enno Nagel <ennonagel+vim@gmail.com>
+" Last Change: 2018 Feb 04
+
+command! -nargs=0 MANPAGER call s:ManPager() | delcommand MANPAGER
+
+function! s:ManPager()
+  set nocompatible
+  if exists('+viminfofile')
+    set viminfofile=NONE
+  endif
+  set noswapfile 
+
+  setlocal ft=man
+  runtime ftplugin/man.vim
+  setlocal buftype=nofile bufhidden=hide iskeyword+=: modifiable
+
+  " Emulate 'col -b'
+  silent keepj keepp %s/\v(.)\b\ze\1?//ge
+
+  " Remove empty lines above the header
+  call cursor(1, 1)
+  let n = search(".*(.*)", "c")
+  if n > 1
+    exe "1," . n-1 . "d"
+  endif
+  setlocal nomodified readonly
+
+  syntax on
+endfunction