Re: man -> vim

2019-02-15 Thread Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:19:57AM +0100, Oleg Pahl wrote: > Hi @all, > > Today I try to work with man pages using *vim*. > > *# man man | vim -* > > why i see raw (a lot of special char.) data by default? is it ok? > > *# ma man | less * > > I see no sp

Re: man -> vim

2019-02-15 Thread Oleg Pahl
Perfect ! Thanks all ! On 2/15/19 11:35 AM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:19:57AM +0100, Oleg Pahl wrote: Hi @all, Today I try to work with man pages using *vim*. *# man man | vim -* why i see raw (a lot of special char.) data by default? is it ok? *# ma man | less * I

Re: man -> vim

2019-02-15 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:19:57AM +0100, Oleg Pahl wrote: > Hi @all, > > Today I try to work with man pages using *vim*. > > *# man man | vim -* > > why i see raw (a lot of special char.) data by default? is it ok? > > *# ma man | less * > > I see no sp

Re: man -> vim

2019-02-15 Thread Martijn van Duren
d to have a local copy of the repo). > > *# man man | vim -* > > why i see raw (a lot of special char.) data by default? is it ok? Yes, those chars are used to create the pretty formatting (e.g. bold printing or underlining). > > *# ma man | less * > > I see no special c

man -> vim

2019-02-15 Thread Oleg Pahl
Hi @all, Today I try to work with man pages using *vim*. *# man man | vim -* why i see raw (a lot of special char.) data by default? is it ok? *# ma man | less * I see no special characters. looks very good. Is it possible to convert *raw* data of man page to normal format (for *vim