diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 14f8322..43b035a 100755
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export BROWSER=w3m
 # ... and vim is the Best
 export EDITOR=vim
 
+export PAGER=less
 # very min bash aliases
 alias ls='ls -F --color'
 alias l='ls -l'
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ alias wa='ssh warhol'
 # 
 test -f ~/.bash_aliases && source ~/.bash_aliases
 test -f ~/.bash_prompt && source ~/.bash_prompt
+eval "$(dircolors ~/.dircolors)"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2046
 test -f ~/.dircolors && eval $(dircolors ~/.dircolors)
 test -d ~/dotfiles/bash_completion && { 
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ test -d ~/dotfiles/bash_completion && {
     done; 
 }
 
+
+export MANPAGER="less -R --use-color -Dsc -Dk+r -Dd+g -Du+c -DPgb -DEbR"
+export MANROFFOPT="-P -c"
+
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe.sh ] && eval "$(lesspipe.sh)"
 # startship
 # https://starship.rs/
 type -t starship >/dev/null && { 
@@ -154,10 +162,25 @@ function _prepend_path() { _append_path -r "$1" "$2"; }
 ### rust
 test -d "$HOME/.cargo/bin" && PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$HOME/.cargo/bin")
 
-
 ### golang - default is $HOME/go/bin
 export GOPATH="$HOME/go"
 test -d "$HOME"/go/bin && PATH=$(_prepend_path "$PATH" "$HOME/go/bin")
+type -t buffalo > /dev/null 2>&1 && eval "$(buffalo completion bash)"
+
+function bt {
+	echo "bash bt $*"
+	local opt=
+	test "$#" -ne 0 && opt="-m ""$*"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+	buffalo test $opt | _gotestcolored | less -RF
+}
+function btv {
+	echo "bash btv $*"
+	local opt=
+	test "$#" -ne 0 && opt="-m ""$*"
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+	buffalo test -v $opt | _gotestcolored | less -RF
+}
 
 # host specific bash
 test -r "$HOME/.bashrc-${HOSTNAME}" && source "$HOME/.bashrc-${HOSTNAME}"
@@ -518,7 +541,9 @@ then
 	PATH="/home/patrick/perl5/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}"; export PATH;
 	PERL5LIB="/home/patrick/perl5/lib/perl5${PERL5LIB:+:${PERL5LIB}}"; export PERL5LIB;
 	PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT="/home/patrick/perl5${PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT:+:${PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT}}"; export PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT;
-	PERL_MB_OPT="--install_base /home/patrick/perl5"; export PERL_MB_OPT;
+	PERL_MB_OPT='--install_base /home/patrick/perl5'
+	# shellcheck disable=2090
+	export PERL_MB_OPT;
 fi
 
 # pyenv