docs

Show HTML documentation of specified module

Synopsis

gmt docs [ -Q ] [ -S ] [ -V[level] ] module-name [-option]

Note: No space is allowed between the option flag and the associated arguments.

Description

docs tells GMT to display the HTML version of a module’s documentation using the default browser. Besides the modules names, some special targets gmt, api, colors, reference, data, gallery, home, settings, and tutorial are also accepted. You can also give forum (takes you to the GMT Discourse Forum) and website (or just site; takes you to the GMT main website).

Required Arguments

module-name: One of the core or supplemental modules, or one of gmt, api, colors, reference, data, gallery home, settings, and tutorial, plus external targets forum and website.

Optional Arguments

-Q: This option means we are doing a “dry-run” and simply want the final URL to be printed to standard output. No file open command will take place. This is useful if you are working remotely on a server and do not wish to launch a GUI browser. If used, -Q must be the first option to docs.

-S: Normally, docs will open documentation files from the local computer if the document can be found there; otherwise it will use the GMT server. The -S option forces docs to read the file from the web server first.

-V[level]: Select verbosity level [w]. (See full description) (See technical reference).

-^ or just -: Print a short message about the syntax of the command, then exits (Note: on Windows just use -).
-+ or just +: Print an extensive usage (help) message, including the explanation of any module-specific option (but not the GMT common options), then exits.
-? or no arguments: Print a complete usage (help) message, including the explanation of all options, then exits.

Optional Module Arguments

-option: Where -option is the one-letter option of the module in question (e.g, -R). We then display the module documentation positioned at that specific option. Note that this operation is only valid for an actual URL, hence we implicitly set -S when an option anchor is specified.

Examples

To see the documentation of grdimage:

gmt docs grdimage

To see the link to the documentation of grdimage:

gmt docs -Q grdimage

To see the link to the documentation of grdimage on the GMT server:

gmt docs -Q -S grdimage

To see the documentation of the -B option in coast:

gmt docs coast -B

To examine the list of GMT default settings, try:

gmt docs settings

To see the Gallery:

gmt docs gallery