Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:47:19 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nice man pages? Message-ID: <20111027164719.7ed962ac.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20111026190847.291a4264@davenulle.org> References: <20111026032037.23014255@davenulle.org> <20135.29649.831213.537245@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20111026190847.291a4264@davenulle.org>
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:08:47 +0200, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: > Le Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:43:29 -0400, > Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> a =E9crit : >=20 > > > I use sysutils/most to have nice manual pages in color, that's > > > cool but is there a way to do this with the base system (ie > > > without adding port)? > >=20 > > I believe the answer will be "Not going to happen." Color is > > nice, but the system is desugned so it can be easily run when the > > system console is something indeterminate at the other end of a 300 > > baud serial line. >=20 > We have ls with color (and no problem with serial console, there is no > color when using it). Why not a nice manual? The Midnight Commander comes with a file viewer that can display manpages in color: % mcview /usr/share/man/man3/signal.3.gz A very nice manual. Additionally, there's xman. :-) --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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