Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 04:27:44 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man page search highlights Message-ID: <20030520012744.GA34091@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <200305191948.17507.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> References: <20030520080838.0efe2d74.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <20030520002322.GA33134@gothmog.gr> <200305191948.17507.dkelly@HiWAAY.net>
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On 2003-05-19 19:48, David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> wrote: >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": Yep. IIRC, some of the things that the "compatibility mode" sets cannot be undone from within less using -? options though; this is why I suggested PAGER='less'. > 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. Super cool! Thanks for the tip :)
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