ohmyzsh/plugins/colored-man-pages/colored-man-pages.plugin.zsh

# Requires colors autoload.
# See termcap(5).

# Set up once, and then reuse. This way it supports user overrides after the
# plugin is loaded.
typeset -AHg less_termcap

# bold & blinking mode
less_termcap[mb]="${fg_bold[red]}"
less_termcap[md]="${fg_bold[red]}"
less_termcap[me]="${reset_color}"
# standout mode
less_termcap[so]="${fg_bold[yellow]}${bg[blue]}"
less_termcap[se]="${reset_color}"
# underlining
less_termcap[us]="${fg_bold[green]}"
less_termcap[ue]="${reset_color}"

# Handle $0 according to the standard:
# https://zdharma-continuum.github.io/Zsh-100-Commits-Club/Zsh-Plugin-Standard.html
0="${${ZERO:-${0:#$ZSH_ARGZERO}}:-${(%):-%N}}"
0="${${(M)0:#/*}:-$PWD/$0}"

# Absolute path to this file's directory.
typeset -g __colored_man_pages_dir="${0:A:h}"

function colored() {
  local -a environment

  # Convert associative array to plain array of NAME=VALUE items.
  local k v
  for k v in "${(@kv)less_termcap}"; do
    environment+=( "LESS_TERMCAP_${k}=${v}" )
  done

  # Prefer `less` whenever available, since we specifically configured
  # environment for it.
  environment+=( PAGER="${commands[less]:-$PAGER}" )

  # See ./nroff script.
  if [[ "$OSTYPE" = solaris* ]]; then
    environment+=( PATH="${__colored_man_pages_dir}:$PATH" )
  fi

  command env $environment "$@"
}

# Colorize man and dman/debman (from debian-goodies)
function man \
  dman \
  debman {
  colored $0 "$@"
}