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| -rw-r--r-- | apropos.1 | 7 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | configure | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.local.example | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | main.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man.1 | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mandoc.1 | 9 |
6 files changed, 43 insertions, 20 deletions
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ would. If the standard output is a terminal device and .Fl c is not specified, use -.Xr more 1 +.Xr less 1 to paginate them. In .Fl a @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ types appearing in function arguments in the SYNOPSIS Any non-empty value of the environment variable .Ev MANPAGER is used instead of the standard pagination program, -.Xr more 1 ; +.Xr less 1 ; see .Xr man 1 for details. @@ -363,8 +363,7 @@ Specifies the pagination program to use when .Ev MANPAGER is not defined. If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, -.Xr more 1 -.Fl s +.Xr less 1 is used. Only used if .Fl a @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ BINM_MAKEWHATIS="makewhatis" BINM_MAN="man" BINM_SOELIM="soelim" BINM_WHATIS="whatis" +BINM_PAGER= MANM_MAN="man" MANM_MANCONF="man.conf" MANM_MDOC="mdoc" @@ -343,18 +344,34 @@ else runtest fts FTS || true fi +# --- pager --- +manual= +if [ -n "${BINM_PAGER}" ]; then + manual=" (manual)" +elif less test-noop.c 1>/dev/null 2>&3; then + BINM_PAGER=less + echo "tested less: yes" 1>&2 + echo "tested less: yes" 1>&3 +else + BINM_PAGER=more + echo "tested less: no" 1>&2 + echo "tested less: no" 1>&3 +fi +echo "selected BINM_PAGER=${BINM_PAGER}${manual}" 1>&2 +echo "selected BINM_PAGER=${BINM_PAGER}${manual}" 1>&3 + # --- tagging support in the pager --- -if ismanual "less -T" LESS_T ${HAVE_LESS_T}; then +if ismanual "${BINM_PAGER} -T" LESS_T ${HAVE_LESS_T}; then : -elif less -ET /dev/null test-noop.c 1>/dev/null 2>&3; then +elif ${BINM_PAGER} -T /dev/null test-noop.c 1>/dev/null 2>&3; then HAVE_LESS_T=1 - echo "tested less -T: yes" 1>&2 - echo "tested less -T: yes" 1>&3 + echo "tested ${BINM_PAGER} -T: yes" 1>&2 + echo "tested ${BINM_PAGER} -T: yes" 1>&3 echo 1>&3 else HAVE_LESS_T=0 - echo "tested less -T: no" 1>&2 - echo "tested less -T: no" 1>&3 + echo "tested ${BINM_PAGER} -T: no" 1>&2 + echo "tested ${BINM_PAGER} -T: no" 1>&3 echo 1>&3 fi @@ -493,6 +510,7 @@ cat << __HEREDOC__ #define BINM_MAN "${BINM_MAN}" #define BINM_SOELIM "${BINM_SOELIM}" #define BINM_WHATIS "${BINM_WHATIS}" +#define BINM_PAGER "${BINM_PAGER}" __HEREDOC__ diff --git a/configure.local.example b/configure.local.example index f9d39200..95759f61 100644 --- a/configure.local.example +++ b/configure.local.example @@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ BINM_WHATIS=mwhatis # default is "whatis" BINM_MAKEWHATIS=mandocdb # default is "makewhatis" BINM_SOELIM=msoelim # default is "soelim" +# If less(1) is available, it is used as the default manual pager. +# Otherwise, more(1) is used: its existence is required by POSIX. +# It is possible to force using a different default pager, either +# by giving the name of a program found in the PATH, or by giving +# an absolute path. + +BINM_PAGER=pg # default is "less" or "more" + # Some distributions do not want hardlinks # between installed binary programs. # Set the following variable to use symbolic links instead. @@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ spawn_pager(struct outstate *outst, char *tag_target) if (pager == NULL || *pager == '\0') pager = getenv("PAGER"); if (pager == NULL || *pager == '\0') - pager = "more -s"; + pager = BINM_PAGER; cp = mandoc_strdup(pager); /* @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ See for a description of the contents of this file. .It Fl c Copy the manual page to the standard output instead of using -.Xr more 1 +.Xr less 1 to paginate it. This is done by default if the standard output is not a terminal device. .Pp @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ is case insensitive. Any non-empty value of the environment variable .Ev MANPAGER is used instead of the standard pagination program, -.Xr more 1 . +.Xr less 1 . If .Xr less 1 is used, the interactive @@ -329,8 +329,7 @@ Specifies the pagination program to use when .Ev MANPAGER is not defined. If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, -.Xr more 1 -.Fl s +.Xr less 1 is used. .El .Sh FILES @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ The options are as follows: If the standard output is a terminal device and .Fl c is not specified, use -.Xr more 1 +.Xr less 1 to paginate the output, just like .Xr man 1 would. .It Fl c Copy the formatted manual pages to the standard output without using -.Xr more 1 +.Xr less 1 to paginate them. This is the default. It can be specified to override @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ It never affects the interpretation of input files. Any non-empty value of the environment variable .Ev MANPAGER is used instead of the standard pagination program, -.Xr more 1 ; +.Xr less 1 ; see .Xr man 1 for details. @@ -664,8 +664,7 @@ Specifies the pagination program to use when .Ev MANPAGER is not defined. If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, -.Xr more 1 -.Fl s +.Xr less 1 is used. Only used if .Fl a |