No links in man pages accessed through `man`
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Description
I would like to read the C++ man pages using the standard man command. So I ran cppman -m true, and after that I can access the man pages (after having created ~/.manpath which seems to be necessary). There is a problem though where no links are visible in the man pages when accessed through man instead of cppman. For example for std::vector this is what I get after cppman std::vector:
and the same page after man std::vector:
Note that all links are missing in the latter case. Is this known behavior, some issue on my side, or a bug? I am using Neovim as my man pager using: MANPAGER=/bin/sh -c "col -b | nvim -c 'set ft=man ts=8 nomod nolist nonu noma' -". Other man pages do show links. This is using cppman 0.5.3.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with cppman -m true, man std::vector, and the supplied MANPAGER configuration, comparing the rendered output from each path. Trace the man-page generation and installation flow in cppman to find where link information is lost. Done means links remain visible when pages are opened through the standard man command.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100