X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4CA625FB2A4941FCB07E8D82C85181F6@cit.wayne.edu> From: "Lee Maschmeyer" To: References: Subject: Re: rxvt and strange characters from man Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:47:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com >Bash reads .bashrc in non-login shells and .bash_profile in login >shells. What I do is put the stuff I want done in both cases in >.bashrc and have .bash_profile source .bashrc. That's the way the default scripts work if I remember right. My solution was an alias. I use the console instead of a terminal and the following works for me: alias man="LANG=c man" So far I haven't discovered any flaws. It even works (after a whole 1 tests! :-) in woman. -- Lee Maschmeyer Wayne State University Computing Center 5925 Woodward, #281 Detroit MI 48202 USA -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple