on Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:31:25AM +0800, Robert Storey (y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net) wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2003 02:44:23 +0300
> Micha Feigin <michf@math.tau.ac.il> wrote:
>
> > How do I get man pages to show in color?
> > used to have it on mandrake at one of the workplaces but never figured
> > out how to enable it under debian.
> >
> > thanx
>
> As others have said, "most" is what you want. To install and configure:
>
>
> apt-get install most
>
> THEN (AS ROOT) DO THIS:
>
> root@sonic:~# update-alternatives --config pager
Alternatively (if you prefer using less elsewhere):
function man () {
export PAGER=most /usr/bin/man $@
}
...in your .bashrc.
Peace.
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