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Re: [PATCH v7] help: colorize man pages if man.color=true under less(1)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 29, 2021, 01:42 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> .... But from your
> description (and I think the code matches this), doing:
>
>   [color]
>   ui = false
>   man = true
>
> would still disable the man-colors. So there's no way to enable this
> feature without enabling colors everywhere else. I think it should
> simply be independent of color.ui (with the exception that it may
> eventually use it as a fallback like all the other color.* booleans,
> _if_ we want to move it to default-to-on).
That matches my perception.  Thanks.
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Message 18 of 22 in “help: colorize man pages”
  1. help: colorize man pagesFelipe Contreras, May 23, 2021
  2. Phillip WoodMay 24, 2021
  3. Felipe ContrerasMay 24, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 8, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2021
  6. Felipe ContrerasJun 8, 2021
  7. help: colorize man pages if man.color=true under less(1)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 21, 2021
  8. Phillip WoodJun 21, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2021
  10. Felipe ContrerasJun 21, 2021
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 21, 2021
  12. Jeff KingJun 23, 2021
  13. Felipe ContrerasJun 24, 2021
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2021
  15. Felipe ContrerasJun 28, 2021
  16. Felipe ContrerasJun 21, 2021
  17. Jeff KingJun 24, 2021
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2021
  19. Felipe ContrerasJun 29, 2021
  20. Felipe ContrerasJun 24, 2021
  21. help: add option to colorize man pages under lessFelipe Contreras, Jun 26, 2021
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 26, 2021

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