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[Fish] make man pages fancier

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Add syntax highlight to man pages through bat
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Lucien Cartier-Tilet 2021-03-10 13:07:00 +01:00
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@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ get the sudo password. So, let’s declare it.
set -gx SUDO_ASKPASS ~/.local/bin/askpass
#+END_SRC
In general, I prefer using ~bat~ to ~less~, although the former relies on the
latter, but ~bat~ provides nice wrapping around ~less~, including syntax
highlighting. Let’s set the manpager to bat then:
#+BEGIN_SRC fish
set -x MANPAGER "sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
#+END_SRC
** Development
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: Global_variables-Development-76b3ff13