shell/env: unset LC_ALL

[config/dotfiles.git] / shell / env

diff --git a/shell/env b/shell/env
index 2c81633320a1b737a1e13e3112843326b165c518..3840ad0ef83e8964d4bb3b85458be3cd29ea10d9 100644 (file)
--- a/shell/env
+++ b/shell/env
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ source_debug ". ~/.shell/env"
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 export LANG
 
+# Just in case a nice administrator tries to force LC_ALL on us ...
+unset LC_ALL
+
 # Make sure $LANGUAGE is not set. It's a GNU extension which can overwrite
 # variables like $LANG or $LC_ALL.
 unset LANGUAGE
@@ -48,6 +51,24 @@ export EDITOR
 PAGER=less
 export PAGER
 
+escape=`printf '\033'`
+# Color man pages viewed with less, thanks to [1].
+#
+# [1]: http://nion.modprobe.de/blog/archives/572-less-colors-for-man-pages.html
+#
+# Color bold strings in bold blue.
+LESS_TERMCAP_md="${escape}[01;34m"
+LESS_TERMCAP_me="${escape}[0m"
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md LESS_TERMCAP_me
+# Color underlined strings in bold yellow and underlined.
+LESS_TERMCAP_us="${escape}[01;4;33m"
+LESS_TERMCAP_ue="${escape}[0m"
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us LESS_TERMCAP_ue
+# Color standout mode in bold black with yellow background.
+LESS_TERMCAP_so="${escape}[01;30;43m"
+LESS_TERMCAP_se="${escape}[0m"
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so LESS_TERMCAP_se
+
 # Use ~/.tmp as directory for temporary files if available to reduce security
 # problems on multi-user systems.
 if test -O "$HOME/.tmp" && test -d "$HOME/.tmp"; then