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Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:17:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To:	beau <phaedral AT gmail DOT com>
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: perldoc
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, beau wrote:

> Anyone else having trouble with perldoc?  I've got perl 5.8.6-4;
> trying perldoc perldoc in rxvt.  What I get is:
>
> ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m
>
> with "ESC" reversed.
>
> Don't even know where to start on this; as always, all help appreciated.

export PERLDOC_PAGER="less -+C -e -isrR"

(actually, "-rR" would be enough, but the above adds some useful
features, IMO).
HTH,
	Igor
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