Manpages
Add Colors to Your Manpages
I use the manpages a lot. Manpages are a very useful database of information for linux users and developers. The problem with them is that their appearance becomes boring after a while.
I already wrote a post about reading them from firefox, so they’re displayed in a nice way as html pages.
In this post we’ll add colors to the manpages viewed from inside the shell.
First, open your ~/.bashrc file. To open it with gedit you can type:
gedit ~/.bashrc
View the Manpages in Firefox
A cool way to view manpages in linux: View them as html (with color) in firefox.
First, you need to install a program called man2html. Doing this in Ubuntu is as easy as opening a terminal and typing:
sudo apt-get install man2html
Now, that you have this program installed, open your firefox.
Manpages for Linux Development
This year I’m taking a course in Operating Systems, and it looks like I’m loving this area. I’m going to post here problems I face during the course, and their solutions, so I can find them easily next time I need them. As a side effect, I’ll be sharing them with the world. 
The first problem I faced is with the manpages: Sections 2 and 3 of the man pages are necessary for development on Linux: Section 2 is about system calls, and section 3 is about library calls. These two sections do not come with the default Ubuntu installation (after all, Ububtu is for human beings!). So I was surprised when I typed “man 2 sigaction” and got this message:
About Me
Hi,
My name is Amir Watad. I have a BSc. in biomedical engineering from The Biomedical Engineering school , Technion , Israel, and am currently studying for a BSc. in electrical engineering at The Electrical Engineering school , Technion , Israel.
I work at the verification dept. in Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
I love Linux, the Command Line and the OpenSource Community.
I used to write Poems (Arabic) when I was able to find time for this.
My name is Amir Watad. I have a BSc. in biomedical engineering from The Biomedical Engineering school , Technion , Israel, and am currently studying for a BSc. in electrical engineering at The Electrical Engineering school , Technion , Israel.
I work at the verification dept. in Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
I love Linux, the Command Line and the OpenSource Community.
I used to write Poems (Arabic) when I was able to find time for this.
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