colors work for ls, but not in man

[Oded Maimon]

John Smith wrote:

> I have no colors in man, but do have in ls. For example "ls
> --color=tty" works fine in an xterm and produces colors, but I have
> none in man pages. Since it works for ls I guess it's not xterm
> specific. Also, in vi there are colors, but when going into insert
> mode, the line at the bottom that says -- INSERT --  is bold, not
> colored.
>
> I have FC3 with the latest updates installed and have tried copying
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color to ~/.Xresources  and
> ~/.Xdefaults and setting
>
> *VT100*colorULMode: on
> *VT100*underLine: off
> *VT100*colorBDMode: on
>
> but didn't work, still no colors in man. Where is this thing set to
> color underline and bold attributes?
>
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the ls color created by an alias not by your term type + i dont think 
man show colors...