> Since January I have the following problems with man: > > If I use 1.5g-2, it finds all pages in the manpath, but renders the troff > with lots of ugly Esc[^... > > If I use 1.5j-1, the pages it finds are rendered nicely, but it doesn't find > the pages in the directories I added myself to the manpath. > > Anybody knows the solution to this? > > Or (since it worked fine before Jan 2003) - how can I get an older binary on > http://www.cygwin.com - perhaps this will bring me back to the 2002 state of > "man" just working like I expect it to? > > Typically I use to first download to local drive and then install from > there, but it appears that I didn't for this part... > > Many thanks for any hints in advance!
I don't think a version before 1.5g-2 will be hanging around as that package was introduced sometime in 2000. What is the contents of your MANPATH environment variable? Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
