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Re: 64bit: man misconfigured
On 30 March 2013 11:17, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> Due to changed /etc/man.conf, man64 uses escape sequences for bold display
> while man32 uses backspace combinations.
Backspace combinations?
> However, the escape sequences are not by default interpreted by less (less
> -r would work),
> so that PAGER=less man ... produces garbage display.
The 32-bit /etc/man.conf has this:
PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR
Whereas the 64-bit one has this:
PAGER /bin/less -is
As Thomas alludes to, the -r option tells 'less' to pass escape
characters through to the terminal rather than turn them into a
highlighted "ESC".
The 32-bit man sources have a source patch that contains the
following, so I guess that hasn't been applied in the 64-bit version.
-DEFAULTLESSOPT="-is"
+DEFAULTLESSOPT="-isrR"
Andy