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## vim:ft=zsh
## wrapper around man, finfo, etc
typeset -a methods
typeset method
typeset -i found=0

methods=(man function builtin apt)

function help_check_man      { man -w $1 &> /dev/null }
function help_check_function { whichf $1 &> /dev/null }
function help_check_builtin  { (( ${+builtins[$1]} )) }
function help_check_apt {
	[[ $commands[$1] != ${HOME}* ]] && check_com -c $1 && check_com -c apt-file
}

function help_show_man       { man $1 }
function help_show_function  { finfo $1 }
function help_show_builtin   { man zshbuiltins | less -p "       $1" }
function help_show_apt {
	apt-cache show ${(s/:/)$(apt-file search -F $commands[$1])[1]}
}

for method in $methods; {
	if help_check_$method $1; then
		help_show_$method $1
		((found++))
		break
	fi
}

if ((found == 0)) {
	echo "Sorry, no clue." > /dev/stderr
	return 1
}