Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 19:48:17 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: man page search highlights Message-ID: <200305191948.17507.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <20030520002322.GA33134@gothmog.gr> References: <20030520080838.0efe2d74.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <20030520002322.GA33134@gothmog.gr>
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On Monday 19 May 2003 07:23 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > 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" :-) Actually on FreeBSD more is less, but running in "more compatibility mode": % ls -li /usr/bin/less /usr/bin/more 9454 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 85740 Apr 21 09:00 /usr/bin/less 9454 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 85740 Apr 21 09:00 /usr/bin/more Also, I like to add this to my ~/.cshrc: setenv LESS '-aciMs -j5' One of the handy items is the -j5 which places the search hit 5 lines from the top of the screen/window so you can see some of what precedes it. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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