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Feature #281

Make man(1) suck slightly less

Added by Albert Lee over 9 years ago. Updated almost 6 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
cmd - userland programs
Start date:
2010-09-29
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Bite-size
Tags:
needs-triage
Gerrit CR:

Description

While investigating #261 I found enhancements suggested at http://markmail.org/message/jf7ra6f5lg4hgncv
In a nutshell:
  • Use nroff -u1 instead of nroff -u0 for correct formatting of bold text
  • (Maybe) if PAGER isn't set, try /bin/less -s -i before /bin/more -s -i.

Related issues

Related to illumos gate - Bug #5025: import and use mandocClosed2014-07-18

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#1

Updated by Garrett D'Amore over 9 years ago

  • Category set to cmd - userland programs
#2

Updated by Albert Lee almost 9 years ago

  • Difficulty set to Bite-size
  • Tags set to needs-triage
#3

Updated by Yuri Pankov over 8 years ago

  • Assignee set to Yuri Pankov
#4

Updated by Yuri Pankov over 8 years ago

  • Assignee deleted (Yuri Pankov)
#5

Updated by Yuri Pankov almost 6 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed

Done in #5025.

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