I've been unable to correctly set up a MANPATH environment variable in msysgit (1.9.0; 20140217) on Windows 7 (which is not my main concern here). Every time I execute the man command, I recieve the following errors:/usr/local/lib/man.config: No such file or directory.Warning: Cannot open local configuration file /usr/local/lib/man.config.No manual page for {command}As stated above, this is not a concern, merely an inconvenience as I know it's possible to use groff [something] -T ascii /path/to/manpage to display manpages. However, I am unable to find the command necessary to do so, having searched SE. (I know there was a question asking for it, but it doesn't show in my searches.) As a work-around, I've been using online manpages, but I'd prefer not to search the Web every time I want to view a manpage.So, first prize is the groff command for displaying man pages and the second is instructions on how to set up man.config (including file contents) for msysgit.
How do I display a manpage with groff in/on msysgit?
shell;windows;man;groff;msys
groff -man -Tascii < /path/to/manpage/without/gz | lessEG:groff -man -Tascii < C:/Programs/msysgit/mingw/man/man1/gcc.1 | lessNote: Although switching shells is not needed here, mysysgit uses sh (not bash) as the default shell. Thanks to devnull for pointing thatr out.