> Gary, dude. That straighten out my man(ual) problems too. Thanks. > Robert
Wasn't me, but the good Dr. Zell! -- Gary R. Van Sickle > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Gary R. Van Sickle > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 8:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Problem about man-1.5m2 > > > > >>>>> "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/ > > > > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/
