fc2 yellow text man pages -

[Nifty Hat Mitch]

On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:40:52AM -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 10:40:52 -0500
> From: Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at att.net>
> Organization: R F Goodwin
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: fc2 yellow text man pages -
> Reply-To: bobgoodwin at att.net,
>         For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> 
> I prefer to run xterm using black text on a white background which works 
> well for me except
> when I call a "man page." Many words are accented in yellow which is 
> unreadable against a
> white background. I usually avoid the problem by using "info" instead of 
> "man." But it seems
> to me there ought to be a better way. How can I force the man pages to 
> use only black text?

Try 
    "xterm -cm".
Or 
    "man ls | colcrt | less "

There may be 100 other ways to use or not use color.

For example this also works and can be added to 
your login dot file.
 
 export MANPAGER=" colcrt | less"

or
 export MANPAGER=" col -b | less"




-- 
	T o m  M i t c h e l l 
	spam unwanted email.
	Spam, good eats, and a trademark of  Hormel Foods.