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The man pages have been behaving well for me with cygwin 1.1.0 on W2K.
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From: bob=20
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: man pages with weird characters
Thank you, I've 'been living with it'. I was starting to think of =
upside-down exclaimation points as standard punctuation for word breaks. =
Or maybe I just spend too much time staring at MAN pages!
>--- David O'Shea <david AT ems DOT uq DOT edu DOT au> wrote:
>-8<-
>>
>> The solution I found was to edit /lib/man.conf and change the
>> lines:
>>
>> NROFF /usr/bin/groff -Tlatin1 -mandoc
>> NEQN /usr/bin/eqn -Tlatin1
>>
>> to:
>>
>> NROFF /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc
>> NEQN /usr/bin/eqn -Tascii
>>
>> This stops grotty from trying to use a special dash character
>> (0xAD); it will just use a standard ASCII minus sign as found on
>>your
>> keyboard.
>>
>> This fixed the problem for me at least - I don't know if others
>> experience this problem (maybe they do and can just ignore it!),
>>but
>> hopefully someone else will find this useful. If this is standard
>> behaviour on all Windows boxes, maybe cygwin could come like this
>>by
>> default?
>>
>
>Yes, and thanks for the fix.
>
>Cheers,
>
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>---
> Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>;
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The man pages have been behaving well =
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<A href=3D"mailto:bthiele AT bigfoot DOT com" =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 10, 2000 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: man pages with =
weird=20
characters</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=3D#000000>Thank you, I've 'been living with =
it'. I=20
was starting to think of </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000>upside-down =
exclaimation=20
points as standard punctuation for word </FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000000>breaks. Or=20
maybe I just spend too much time staring at MAN =
pages!</FONT><BR><BR><FONT=20
color=3D#000000></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000080>>--- David O'Shea =
<<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:david AT ems DOT uq DOT edu DOT au">david AT ems DOT uq DOT edu DOT au</A>> wrot=
e:</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000080>>-8<-</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#800000>>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> The solution I =
found was=20
to edit /lib/man.conf and change the</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>> lines:</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#800000>>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>> NROFF =20
/usr/bin/groff -Tlatin1=20
-mandoc</FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> NEQN =
=20
/usr/bin/eqn -Tlatin1</FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> to:</FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> NROFF =
=20
/usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>> NEQN =20
/usr/bin/eqn =
-Tascii</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#800000>>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> This stops =
grotty from=20
trying to use a special dash character</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#800000>>> (0xAD); =
it will=20
just use a standard ASCII minus sign as found on</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>>your</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> keyboard.</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#800000>>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> This fixed the =
problem for=20
me at least - I don't know if </FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>others</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>> experience this=20
problem (maybe they do and can just ignore it!),</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>>but</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>> hopefully someone=20
else will find this useful. If this is standard</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>> behaviour on all=20
Windows boxes, maybe cygwin could come like this</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#800000>>>by</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#800000>>> default?</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#800000>>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000080>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000080>>Yes, and thanks =
for the=20
fix.</FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000080>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000080>>Cheers,</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000080>></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000080>>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT color=3D#000080>>---</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000080>> Earnie Boyd:=20
<<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>">mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com></=
A>;</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000080>> __Cygwin: =
POSIX on=20
Windows__</FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000080>>Cygwin=20
Newbies: <<A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>">http://www.f=
reeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html></A>;</FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000080>> __Minimalist =
GNU for=20
Windows__</FONT><FONT color=3D#000000><BR></FONT><FONT=20
color=3D#000080>> Mingw32 List: <<A=20
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href=3D"http://www.egroups.com/group/mingw32/>">http://www.egroupscom/gro=
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