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Date:	Wed, 06 Aug 2003 11:06:51 -0400
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To:	S Taylor <dountootherstoo AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: man "h" command triggers error while viewing man page
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S Taylor wrote:

> Where else are the while-viewing-manpage shortcuts
> explained?
> 
> Getting help, "h" while viewing man page (e.g. man
> man) triggers errors and blank less output
> 
> - win98se, cygwin-1.3.22-1, bash 2.05b.09, man 1.5j,
> less 378, $PAGER=less
> The error dialog box says "character / not allowed
> in @/LESS/HELP/FILE/@" , plus these details
> 
> SH caused an invalid page fault in
> module KERNEL32.DLL at 0167:bff7d762.
> Registers:
> EAX=dbbed340 CS=0167 EIP=bff7d762 EFLGS=00010202
> EBX=844a8db0 SS=016f ESP=0074e3c0 EBP=0074e408
> ECX=bff7d75b DS=016f ESI=00000001 FS=45c7
> EDX=bffc9490 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
> Bytes at CS:EIP:
> 8b 0f 3b ce 76 10 8d 47 10 83 38 00 74 28 83 c0 
> Stack dump:
> 0074e408 844945b0 00000001 00000000 bff8dd46
> 844a8db0
> 00000000 0074f0e0 00000000 dba66ce0 844945f0
> bff7ffff
> bff7dcc4 00000000 000001a4 00000000 
> 
> After closing dialog box, shows less output as 
> 
> ^G
> Signal 127
> ~ (repeat to bottom)
> @/\less/\help/\file/\@ (file 2 of 2) (END)
> 
> If previous threads/other documentation contain the
> answer, please advise. 

Must be a 9x thing.  Works fine here on W2K.  Maybe this
is some kind of terminal problem?  What are you using as
your terminal, command.com or rxvt?


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