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Update README steps for using bat as MANPAGER #2858

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Expand Up @@ -204,19 +204,19 @@ bat main.cpp | xclip
`MANPAGER` environment variable:

```bash
export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
export MANPAGER="sh -c 'sed -u -e \"s/\\x1B\[[0-9;]*m//g; s/.\\x08//g\" | bat -p -lman'"
man 2 select
```
(replace `bat` with `batcat` if you are on Debian or Ubuntu)

It might also be necessary to set `MANROFFOPT="-c"` if you experience
formatting problems.

If you prefer to have this bundled in a new command, you can also use [`batman`](https://github.com/eth-p/bat-extras/blob/master/doc/batman.md).

Note that the [Manpage syntax](assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/Manpage.sublime-syntax) is developed in this repository and still needs some work.
> [!WARNING]
> This will [not work](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/1145) out of the box with Mandoc's `man` implementation.
>
> Please either use `batman`, or convert the shell script to a [shebang executable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)) and point `MANPAGER` to that.

Also, note that this will [not work](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/1145) with Mandocs `man` implementation.
Note that the [Manpage syntax](assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/Manpage.sublime-syntax) is developed in this repository and still needs some work.

#### `prettier` / `shfmt` / `rustfmt`

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