Bug#2072: MANOPT not parsed well?
>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Perens <bruce@Pixar.com> writes:
[unnecessary kludge deleted]
Bruce> By chance, does man evaluate the $PAGER variable? I don't
Bruce> have man working at the moment on my own system due to an
Bruce> ELF library conflict.
You're right, man evaluates $PAGER (I'm using PAGER="less -j5" to see
some preceeding lines on searches). Even if you have a man that
doesn't honor $PAGER envvar, less(1) shows that the program takes
options from the $LESS.
(As always it pays to RTM, just couldn't resist :)
Happy new year
Siggy
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