From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 17:48:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2101237B401 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 17:48:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-34-52.knology.net [24.214.34.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D03A43F75 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 17:48:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4K0mK14067686 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 19:48:20 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4K0mHh3067685 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 19 May 2003 19:48:17 -0500 (CDT) From: David Kelly To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 19:48:17 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <20030520080838.0efe2d74.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <20030520002322.GA33134@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20030520002322.GA33134@gothmog.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305191948.17507.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Re: man page search highlights X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 00:48:22 -0000 On Monday 19 May 2003 07:23 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2003-05-20 08:08, Robert Storey wrote: > > Once again displaying the ignorance of a Linux refugee/FBSD > > newbie... > > > > When viewing man pages, I often use the search feature: > > > > /searchstring > > > > 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.