[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Updating 'man'
Grigorios Bouzakis
grbzks at gmail.com
Wed Jan 23 12:34:37 EST 2008
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:19:19AM -0600, Aaron Griffin wrote:
>
> LESSCHARSET
>
> But that only affects less, and not man pages. It's a fine line, but I
> know at least a few people that don't use less as their MANPAGER
Those people should. If color is the reason for using most, see
http://nion.modprobe.de/blog/archives/572-less-colors-for-man-pages.html
I have added that to the Wiki too:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Post_Installation_Tips#Getting_a_colored_manpage
Less is much more powerful than most.
Greg
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