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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.se.dataphone.net!nntp.uio.no!newsfeed.nacamar.de!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!xciv.demon.co.uk!xciv.demon.co.uk!usenet From: paul@xciv.org (Paul Civati) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Man, etc. Date: 15 Mar 1997 13:07:07 GMT Organization: Discotheque Message-ID: <5ge6tr$8a@xciv.demon.co.uk> References: <33269C1A.43D7@dimail.epfl.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: pantera.xciv.org X-NNTP-Posting-Host: xciv.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 X-URL: http://www.xciv.org/~paul/ Cc: newsposts@xciv.org Lines: 41 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.amiga:15226 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5643 In article <33269C1A.43D7@dimail.epfl.ch>, Fabien Wernly <fwernly@dimail.epfl.ch> writes: > When I install a new piece of software, like amiwm, I'd like to > be able to view the man pages. How can I add the man page to the > database? Most packages install the man pages when you do a 'make install', usually they will end up under /usr/local/man, you'll then need a modified MANPATH so that 'man' will find them: sh/bash: MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man export MANPATH csh/tcsh: setenv MANPATH /usr/share/man:/usr/local/man For 'apropos' & 'man -k' you'll need to rebuild your whatis database, for NetBSD I think this is done with '/usr/libexec/makewhatis'. > How can I view the man pages in color in xterm, like in the not-x > terminal on startup? And how can I have a colorfull terminal? You probably need to find source for colo[u]r_xterm, then compile and install it. > What is the command I need to type to change the window manager while > under X? Depends, some window managers have functions (depending on your .*wmrc) to start a new window manager. Either that, or change your .xinitrc so that it starts a new window manager when X starts. -Paul- -- Paul Civati =O= Home: paul@xciv.org =O= http://www.xciv.org/ London UK =O= Home: paul@xciv.demon.co.uk =O= Slackware is.