Re: [vim/vim] propose vim as manpager that syntax highlights and follows symlinks (#491)

Nick James wrote: > > If I invoke vim without a file |vim| then type |:Man vim| I get |E492: > Not an editor command: Man vim|. I /think/ this is expected. > > If I invoke vim without a file |vim| then type |:set filetype=man| > followed by |:Man vim| it opens correctly. On my system (RHEL 6.5) >

Re: [vim/vim] propose vim as manpager that syntax highlights and follows symlinks (#491)

Enno wrote: > Dear Charles, > > Does this mean that ManPageView overrides Vim's built-in :Man? Then :MANPAGER > would use it, once ManPageView installed. > > You should propose to SungHyun Nam, the maintainer of :Man, to merge > :ManPageView into :Man. > > As an aside, perhaps worth thinking

Re: [vim/vim] propose vim as manpager that syntax highlights and follows symlinks (#491)

Dear Charles, Does this mean that ManPageView overrides Vim's built-in :Man? Then :MANPAGER would use it, once ManPageView installed. You should propose to SungHyun Nam, the maintainer of :Man, to merge :ManPageView into :Man. As an aside, perhaps worth thinking about including your :Info

Re: [vim/vim] propose vim as manpager that syntax highlights and follows symlinks (#491)

Charles E Campbell wrote: > Murukesh Mohanan wrote: >> Typically man pages have bold and underlines displayed using |x\bx| >> and |_\bx|, |\b| being the backspace and |x| the letter in question >> (Thomas Dickey talks about this in this Unix & Linux post >>

Re: [vim/vim] propose vim as manpager that syntax highlights and follows symlinks (#491)

Ok, got it. The documentation should now reflect this. Now on FreeBSD (and perhaps Amiga OS, BeOS, ...), another approach is needed to start :Man. Your suggestion, `MANPAGER = env MAN_PN=1 vim +...` is an elegant work around. Instead of $MAN_PN, the manpage and section seems, by a superficial

Re: [vim/vim] propose vim as manpager that syntax highlights and follows symlinks (#491)

Murukesh Mohanan wrote: > > Typically man pages have bold and underlines displayed using |x\bx| > and |_\bx|, |\b| being the backspace and |x| the letter in question > (Thomas Dickey talks about this in this Unix & Linux post > ). That's what makes >

Re: [vim/vim] propose vim as manpager that syntax highlights and follows symlinks (#491)

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 02:25:36AM -0700, Konfekt wrote: > Thanks a bunch ! Exactly, the definition of MAN_PN is the weak point. > So after updating instructions for other shells, apparemment BSD is > unsupported. Could you explain tha ol trick about the removal of > backspaces that yet works