man from ADE snapshot
961012 or earlier. Upgrade to at least version 2.1.
Q1.2 Can't use another pager for man.
If you get `sh: less: not found', then $PAGER is not set correctly.
Depending on the preferences setting for `ixemul.library', you may
need to set the local variable, not the global (`ENV:PAGER') one:
Set PAGER `Which MultiView`.
As of manutils version 2.1, pathnames passed to external programs obey
Amiga path conventions.
Q1.3 Formatted man pages are unreadable in Multiview.
Formatted man pages may still contain bold and underlined characters,
which make them a bit unreadable in MultiView. There is a man datatype
on Aminet which takes care of this.
Q1.4 Can't use less as man's pager.
It is essential that the `TERM' and `LESSCHARSET' environment
variables are set up properly.
It may be better to use a different pager, eg. MultiView or
Less-1.6Z from Aminet (?).
Q1.5 The manual datatype is not working.
This is not a manutils bug. The manual datatype can only display
formatted manual pages (those that contain codes like m^H_a^H^_n^H_)
but not unformatted (nroff) ones (containing sequences like .SH, .TH
etc.). Unfortunately, most UNIX archives come with unformatted manual
pages.
Use the catman perl script or man's `-u'
(`--update') option.
Q1.6 Man crashes
Make sure you have `ixemul.library' version 45.1 or later, and that
the man program has sufficient stack (32k), either by setting
ixstack, or setting the stack of the invoking shell.
Q1.7 Man doesn't automatically create formatted pages.
No relesed version of man/manutils for ADE/Geek Gadgets ever did. That's
what the `-u' (`--update') switch is for.
Q1.8 Man generates a gzip'ed version of the formatted page.
This is the default behaviour. It can be switched off at compile time
only, see the chapter about installation.
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