Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but wouldn't it be nice to have a shortcut to a man page on the web? For example:

close(2)

Yes, I realize that there are many variants/versions of man pages, so it's not going to be spot-on perfect. Maybe look under one (or more) of these:

http://www.manpages.com
http://www.manpagez.com
http://www.linuxmanpages.com

Just an idea.

UPDATE: It has been implemented, as announced by jdporter. Kudos to Perlbotics who started Suggestion for new shortcut-tags: [man://] and [mskb://] and many others I have failed to mention.

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Re: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] by toolic (Bishop) on Mar 05, 2009 at 17:58 UTC
This has been asked before Suggestion for new shortcut-tags: [man://] and [mskb://] (Super Search), but there does not seem to be an answer there :(	[reply]
Re^2: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 05, 2009 at 21:42 UTC
Most likely, that's simply because no pmdevil has stepped up to implement it. That said, it would still need to be blessed by one of the gods, who are probably waiting for a pmdev to implement it, but no pmdev has enough of an itch from this to try it without having, basically, pre-approval from a god that it'll get applied. (Yes, there's a bit of a circle here.)	[reply]
Re^3: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 06, 2009 at 02:20 UTC
Tanktalus, I don't know whether to praise you for being able to explain the situation so eloquently, or shame you for failing to notice that there is already an unapplied patch, resulting from 720039. Maybe both? :-) Between the mind which plans and the hands which build, there must be a mediator... and this mediator must be the heart.	[reply]
Re^4: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] (applied) by tye (Sage) on Mar 06, 2009 at 05:45 UTC
Re^5: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] (applied) by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 06, 2009 at 12:30 UTC
Re^2: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] by repellent (Priest) on Mar 05, 2009 at 18:01 UTC
Ah, thanks!	[reply]
Re: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 16, 2009 at 17:57 UTC
Done. See announcement in Tidings. Between the mind which plans and the hands which build, there must be a mediator... and this mediator must be the heart.	[reply]
Re^2: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Mar 16, 2009 at 18:21 UTC
jdporter++	[reply]
Re^2: Shortcut for man page like [man://uniq] by repellent (Priest) on Mar 16, 2009 at 18:47 UTC
Yay!++ And my OP automatically changed to reflect the new shortcut implementation. Thanks! :)	[reply]

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