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Or you could just use most(1) as MANPAGER. http://www.jedsoft.org/most/ http://www.jedsoft.org/most/

therealmarv 10y ago
omg, why do I discover this only now? thanks.
neuromute 10y ago
That site needs some updating. The 'features' and 'images' sections both lack content (merely a message stating "under construction"). Although content > style, I can't help but mention how dated the site looks also.
- kseistrup 10y ago
  You're right, that webpage is sh*t. Nevertheless, that's the official webhome for most(1) which should be readily installable in most Linux distros.
  - neuromute 10y ago
    I just installed it... it works beautifully. Thanks for the heads up!
  - cm3 10y ago
    I wouldn't go that far. That and other sections of the website may be incomplete, but the pages load quickly, don't require a multitude of JS calls or other slowdowns. I love pages that do what they're meant to without unwarranted bloat. Gmail and Github use JS for web apps, and that's okay, but a static page doesn't need that and is worse off if they incorporate it. If you go to a random wikipedia article and try to click through references and land on a newpaper's site, 4 out of 5 times the link will be dead. So much for complex CMS installations. I'm (not) sorry that I prefer web pages that work more than ones that chase some short-lived frontend tech. With all that being said, I'm sure the author would appreciate a contribution to fill in the blanks.
karl42 10y ago
Looks great! There's some info and a screenshot on the debian package page: https://packages.debian.org/sid/most https://packages.debian.org/sid/most The official website doesn't really contain any information.
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  "most" is impossible to search. "mostpager" would have been better with a soft-link from most as default. Anyway, how do I use it, I've sudo apt install-ed it. Scanning the manpage doesn't give me any great hints e.g. "most /usr/share/man/man1/apt-add-repository.1.gz" brings it up but the manpage shows control data; using as if it were man just fails (it thinks I'm passing it a file). Hint? Or do I need to read the source ...
  - 1_player 10y ago
    If I recall correctly... add to your .bashrc export PAGER=most or for my fish friends, add to ~/.config/fish/config.fish set -x PAGER most This'll use `most` everytime a pager is needed (i.e. git log), if you want to use `most` only for man pages, replace PAGER with MANPAGER
    - chanux 10y ago
      On fish same effect could be achieved by running set -Ux PAGER mostU If you prefer to keep fish.config cleaner, that is :)
  - kseistrup 10y ago
    Either export PAGER=most or export MANPAGER=most depending on whether you want to use most for all paging or just paging of man pages.
znpy 10y ago
most is literally the first package I install on every box on which I get or am given admin right. It works so well it is unsane not to use it. Thank God I saw that name while installing Slackware a long time ago, and since then it had been a pleasure to use.
andlrc 10y ago
I use vim as a manpager. This way I get all my binds for navigating (I mapped <c-e> to scroll two lines, etc), colors is supported and folds.
lucb1e 10y ago
Just installed most, but it doesn't support scrolling via the j and k keys. I'd have to move all the way over to the arrow keys. This is not a replacement for less. Uninstalling.
- Symbiote 10y ago
  It's using Emacs keybindings, so the shortcuts are ^N and ^P. Space and backspace are equivalent to page down and page up.
- kseistrup 10y ago
  Key bindings can be configured in ~/.mostrc, read most(1).
- eriknstr 10y ago
  My first reaction exactly!
devnonymous 10y ago
Or pinfo which supports both man and info pages.
devnonymous 10y ago
Or pinfo which supports both man and info pages.

omg, why do I discover this only now? thanks.

That site needs some updating. The 'features' and 'images' sections both lack content (merely a message stating "under construction"). Although content > style, I can't help but mention how dated the site looks also.

kseistrup 10y ago
You're right, that webpage is sh*t. Nevertheless, that's the official webhome for most(1) which should be readily installable in most Linux distros.
- neuromute 10y ago
  I just installed it... it works beautifully. Thanks for the heads up!
- cm3 10y ago
  I wouldn't go that far. That and other sections of the website may be incomplete, but the pages load quickly, don't require a multitude of JS calls or other slowdowns. I love pages that do what they're meant to without unwarranted bloat. Gmail and Github use JS for web apps, and that's okay, but a static page doesn't need that and is worse off if they incorporate it. If you go to a random wikipedia article and try to click through references and land on a newpaper's site, 4 out of 5 times the link will be dead. So much for complex CMS installations. I'm (not) sorry that I prefer web pages that work more than ones that chase some short-lived frontend tech. With all that being said, I'm sure the author would appreciate a contribution to fill in the blanks.

karl42 10y ago

Looks great! There's some info and a screenshot on the debian package page: https://packages.debian.org/sid/most https://packages.debian.org/sid/most The official website doesn't really contain any information.

pbhjpbhj 10y ago
"most" is impossible to search. "mostpager" would have been better with a soft-link from most as default. Anyway, how do I use it, I've sudo apt install-ed it. Scanning the manpage doesn't give me any great hints e.g. "most /usr/share/man/man1/apt-add-repository.1.gz" brings it up but the manpage shows control data; using as if it were man just fails (it thinks I'm passing it a file). Hint? Or do I need to read the source ...
- 1_player 10y ago
  If I recall correctly... add to your .bashrc export PAGER=most or for my fish friends, add to ~/.config/fish/config.fish set -x PAGER most This'll use `most` everytime a pager is needed (i.e. git log), if you want to use `most` only for man pages, replace PAGER with MANPAGER
  - chanux 10y ago
    On fish same effect could be achieved by running set -Ux PAGER mostU If you prefer to keep fish.config cleaner, that is :)
- kseistrup 10y ago
  Either export PAGER=most or export MANPAGER=most depending on whether you want to use most for all paging or just paging of man pages.

znpy 10y ago

most is literally the first package I install on every box on which I get or am given admin right. It works so well it is unsane not to use it. Thank God I saw that name while installing Slackware a long time ago, and since then it had been a pleasure to use.

andlrc 10y ago

I use vim as a manpager. This way I get all my binds for navigating (I mapped <c-e> to scroll two lines, etc), colors is supported and folds.

lucb1e 10y ago

Just installed most, but it doesn't support scrolling via the j and k keys. I'd have to move all the way over to the arrow keys. This is not a replacement for less. Uninstalling.

Symbiote 10y ago
It's using Emacs keybindings, so the shortcuts are ^N and ^P. Space and backspace are equivalent to page down and page up.
kseistrup 10y ago
Key bindings can be configured in ~/.mostrc, read most(1).
eriknstr 10y ago
My first reaction exactly!

devnonymous 10y ago

Or pinfo which supports both man and info pages.

devnonymous 10y ago

Or pinfo which supports both man and info pages.