Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 03:23:22 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man page search highlights Message-ID: <20030520002322.GA33134@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20030520080838.0efe2d74.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20030520080838.0efe2d74.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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On 2003-05-20 08:08, Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> wrote: > Once again displaying the ignorance of a Linux refugee/FBSD newbie... > > When viewing man pages, I often use the search feature: > > /searchstring <enter> > > The difference I've noticed between Linux and FBSD is that in Linux, if > the search string is found, the string is highlighted. I find that a very > useful feature. Is there some way to enable this function in FBSD man > pages? more(1) doesn't highlight matches. less(1) does. Set your PAGER to 'less' and it should "just work" :-)
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