> >>>>> "Barry" == Barry Buchbinder <Buchbinder> writes: > > Barry> I found the same thing and 2 other problems > Barry> (1) If the environmental variable LESS is set, it > overrides the PAGER > Barry> setting in man.conf. > > Barry> (2) Large chunks of text can be incorrectly made bold. > > Barry> Not wanting to have to choose between less working the way > I want and man > Barry> working properly, I I've rolled back to ver 1.5j-2. > > Can you try what happens with the following two lines in > /usr/share/misc/man.conf. > > NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc > PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR >
That fixes it for me. And now for my obligatory Unix rant: I've never, not once, in all my many years on this Earth, had to dink with a file somewhere that I didn't even know existed to get Windows' help systems to NOT PRINT "ESC" WHEN IT SEES A FORMATTING CHARACTER. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
