colors work for ls, but not in man

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 09:38:17AM -0600, linux user wrote:
> > I have no colors in man, but do have in ls. For example "ls
> > --color=tty" works fine in an xterm and produces colors, but I have
> > none in man pages. Since it works for ls I guess it's not xterm
> > specific.
> 
> I don't believe man pages display color attributes.  If you want nice
> formatted color pages, "Ctrl+F2", then type "man:whatever".  You'll get a
> nice html formatted man page with links to associated man pages.
My man pages display with some items in color. I can't understand your
solution which does not work for me.
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