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# on linux, you can control less colours using -D | # on linux, you can control less colours using -D | ||
# -D{what}{modifier}{color} | # -D{what}{modifier}{color} | ||
env MANPAGER='less -R -DdY -Duw' man man | env MANPAGER='less -R -DdY -Duw --mouse --wheel-lines=5' man man | ||
# across linux and BSD, you can set environment variables for less colours | # across linux and BSD, you can set environment variables for less colours |
Revision as of 03:03, 16 October 2021
Unix manual pages.
Tutorials
gentoo wiki https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Man_page
Configuration
Width
Set manpage width with
$MANWIDTH
.man() { local width local default_width default_width=100 width=$(tput cols) test "$width" -gt "$default_width" && width=$default_width env MANWIDTH=$width man "$@" }Colours
# on linux, you can control less colours using -D # -D{what}{modifier}{color} env MANPAGER='less -R -DdY -Duw --mouse --wheel-lines=5' man man # across linux and BSD, you can set environment variables for less colours # https://superuser.com/questions/117841/when-reading-a-file-with-less-or-more-how-can-i-get-the-content-in-colors export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[1;31m' # begin bold export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[1;36m' # begin blink export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m' # reset bold/blink export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m' # begin reverse video export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m' # reset reverse video export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[1;32m' # begin underline export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m' # reset underline