/* * Wrapper to help enable colorized man page output. * Only works with PAGER=less * * https://bugs.gentoo.org/184604 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/108699/documentation-on-less-termcap-variables * * Copyright 2003-2015 Gentoo Foundation * Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 */ #include #include #include #include #define COLOR(c, b) "\e[" #c ";" #b "m" #define _SE(termcap, col) setenv("LESS_TERMCAP_" #termcap, col, 0) #define SE(termcap, c, b) _SE(termcap, COLOR(c, b)) static int usage(void) { puts( "manpager: display man pages with color!\n" "\n" "Usage:\n" "\texport MANPAGER=manpager\n" "\tman man\n" "\n" "To control the colorization, set these env vars:\n" "\tLESS_TERMCAP_mb - start blinking\n" "\tLESS_TERMCAP_md - start bolding\n" "\tLESS_TERMCAP_me - stop bolding\n" "\tLESS_TERMCAP_us - start underlining\n" "\tLESS_TERMCAP_ue - stop underlining\n" "\tLESS_TERMCAP_so - start standout (reverse video)\n" "\tLESS_TERMCAP_se - stop standout (reverse video)\n" "\n" "You can do so by doing:\n" "\texport LESS_TERMCAP_md=\"$(printf '\\e[1;36m')\"\n" "\n" "Run 'less --help' or 'man less' for more info" ); return 0; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { if (argc == 2 && (!strcmp(argv[1], "-h") || !strcmp(argv[1], "--help"))) return usage(); /* Blinking. */ SE(mb, 5, 31); /* Start. */ /* Bolding. */ SE(md, 1, 34); /* Start. */ SE(me, 0, 0); /* Stop. */ /* Underlining. */ SE(us, 4, 36); /* Start. */ SE(ue, 0, 0); /* Stop. */ #if 0 /* Standout (reverse video). */ SE(so, 1, 32); /* Start. */ SE(se, 0, 0); /* Stop. */ #endif argv[0] = getenv("PAGER") ? : "less"; execvp(argv[0], argv); perror("could not launch PAGER"); return 1; }