So, this isn't related to this project in particular, but the Discussions section on this repo isn't open and I don't see any other way of contacting you.
I suppose you could say it's tangentially related though, since less is often used for its pager...
I've been looking for a good way to read manual files on Windows. There are some very ancient compilations of man for Windows, but I found them to be buggy. busybox also has a man command but it's a very minimal implementation. And in every case, none of them let me specify where the manual files can be found (such as with an environment variable) and none of them will open gz-compressed manual files.
And, given how many projects now distribute manual files to all platforms (thanks in no small part to things like cargo-dist), pre-compiled manual files for CLI tools have become a lot more common.
So, I'm just throwing this request for a Windows-friendly man fork out there in the hopes you might be interested in making it. I'm getting a bit tired of having to clog browser tabs up with documentation for CLI tools.
So, this isn't related to this project in particular, but the Discussions section on this repo isn't open and I don't see any other way of contacting you.
I suppose you could say it's tangentially related though, since
lessis often used for its pager...I've been looking for a good way to read manual files on Windows. There are some very ancient compilations of
manfor Windows, but I found them to be buggy.busyboxalso has amancommand but it's a very minimal implementation. And in every case, none of them let me specify where the manual files can be found (such as with an environment variable) and none of them will opengz-compressed manual files.And, given how many projects now distribute manual files to all platforms (thanks in no small part to things like cargo-dist), pre-compiled manual files for CLI tools have become a lot more common.
So, I'm just throwing this request for a Windows-friendly
manfork out there in the hopes you might be interested in making it. I'm getting a bit tired of having to clog browser tabs up with documentation for CLI tools.