terminal tool colours

home/.profile

@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ export VISUAL=vim
 export PAGER=less
 export BAT_THEME=dots
 
+# Man pages via bat for syntax highlighting
+export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | sed -e \"s/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g\" | bat -l man -p'"
+
+# Less colours for bold/underline (man pages fallback)
+export LESS="-R --mouse"
+export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;38;2;248;140;20m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;38;2;64;104;212m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[38;2;26;26;26;48;2;44;180;148m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[4;38;2;44;180;148m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m'
+
+# Use bat as a colourised pager for less
+export LESSOPEN="| bat --color=always --style=plain %s 2>/dev/null"
+
 # Homebrew
 export HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS=1
 export HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1