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Re: How to link to zsh manual section?



On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:47 PM, René Neumann <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 11.02.2015 um 13:26 schrieb İsmail Dönmez:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:52 PM, René Neumann <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Am 08.02.2015 um 19:46 schrieb Christian Neukirchen:
>>>> zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> A few tips on negotiating the zsh manuals please
>>>>>
>>>>> man zshall etc
>>>>
>>>> # zman -- easier browsing of zsh manpage
>>>> # 20sep2011  +chris+
>>>> zman() {
>>>>   PAGER="less -g -s '+/^       "$1"'" man zshall
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> In doubt, press "n" a few times for the next results.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nice idea! One could enhance it a little (depending on one's preference,
>>> of course) by inserting (?i) into the search string, resulting in
>>> case-independent search.
>>>
>>> -> PAGER="less -g -s '+/(?i)^       "$1"'" man zshall
>>
>> This gives an "Invalid pattern" error here.
>
> Hmm, is your installation of 'less' using a regex library other than
> pcre? (Because the less manpage says, that the regex may be anything the
> underlying lib supports, and with libpcre-8.35 this works)

That explains it, mine is not linking to pcre. However looks like even
without ?i syntax it works case-independent.

Regards,
ismail



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