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Configure source-highlight syntax highlighting for less on macOS
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configure_source_highlight.sh
#!/bin/bash
brew install source-highlight
# Tell less where source-highlight is installed
# https://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/source-highlight.html#Using-source_002dhighlight-with-less
export LESSOPEN="| $(brew list source-highlight | grep src-hilite-lesspipe.sh) %s"
export LESS=' -R '
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