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From: stroyan@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Inverse Characters in man
Message-ID: <5570241@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Jul 89 17:00:22 GMT
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>>Does anyone know how to turn off character highlighting for man?  It drives
>>me nuts.  For what it's worth, I'm using HP-UX 6.2.  Thanks.
>
>Find or modify a terminfo file to do what you want.  I'd figure out
>my terminal type, copy the corresponding file from /usr/lib/terminfo,
>convert it to ASCII with `untic', edit it, and compile it with `tic'.

The terminfo entries used by man are smso, "enter standout mode", and
rmso, "exit standout mode".  You could either turn them off or change
them to something besides inverse.  Depending on the terminal you are
using you may be able to substitute one of bold, half-brite, underline,
or color.  On a color hp display, I like to use color for standout.
I put "smso=\E&v3S, rmso=\E&v0S" in terminfo, which displays man
highlighting as yellow.

Mike Stroyan, stroyan@hpfcla.hp.com