> In message <m0xwr0i-0013vPC@xserver.sjc.ox.ac.uk>
>           turnbull@xserver.sjc.ox.ac.uk (ct) wrote:
> 
> > Just remember to setup your MANPATH environments properly...
> 
> Is this still necessary even if /etc/man.conf contains all the necessary
> search paths? Maybe it is and that explains the error I got.

I can't see /etc/man.conf on the Solaris box I am using right now. However, if I 
do "man xman" ;-) I get told that the MANPATH environment variable is the thing 
used to find the manual page resources for xman (or /usr/man on POSIX systems if 
there's no MANPATH). There is talk of a "mandesc" file, however.

> And where's the best place to set up MANPATH, xinitrc?

I tend to put that sort of thing in my .cshrc file, but then I'm a naive 
applications developer.

Have fun,

Paul Boddie, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland