Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <005001bfbb08$e535bd20$0100000a@TIMYX18EWDT6RQ> From: "Tim Prince" To: "bob" , References: Subject: Re: man pages with weird characters Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 20:19:41 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0037_01BFBABD.12D16000" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01BFBABD.12D16000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The man pages have been behaving well for me with cygwin 1.1.0 on W2K. ----- Original Message -----=20 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 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: ; > __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ >Cygwin Newbies: ; > __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ > Mingw32 List: ; > Mingw Home: ; > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com/ > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01BFBABD.12D16000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The man pages have been behaving well = for me with=20 cygwin 1.1.0 on W2K.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 bob
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com =
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 = 7:38=20 PM
Subject: Re: man pages with = weird=20 characters

Thank you, I've 'been living with = it'. I=20 was starting to think of upside-down = exclaimation=20 points as standard punctuation for word breaks. Or=20 maybe I just spend too much time staring at MAN = pages!



>--- David O'Shea = <david AT ems DOT uq DOT edu DOT au> wrot= e:
>-8<-
>>
>>     The solution I = found was=20 to edit /lib/man.conf and change the
>> lines:
>>
>> NROFF   =20             /usr/bin/groff -Tlatin1=20 -mandoc
>> NEQN          =  =20     /usr/bin/eqn -Tlatin1
>>
>> to:
>>
>> NROFF          =  =20     /usr/bin/groff -Tascii -mandoc
>> NEQN   =20             /usr/bin/eqn = -Tascii
>>
>>     This stops = grotty from=20 trying to use a special dash character
>> (0xAD); = it will=20 just use a standard ASCII minus sign as found on
>>your
>> keyboard.
>>
>>     This fixed the = problem for=20 me at least - I don't know if others
>> experience this=20 problem (maybe they do and can just ignore it!),
>>but
>> hopefully someone=20 else will find this useful.  If this is standard
>> behaviour on all=20 Windows boxes, maybe cygwin could come like this
>>by
>> default?
>>
>
>Yes, and thanks = for the=20 fix.
>
>Cheers,
>
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>---
>  Earnie Boyd:=20 <">mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>;
>      __Cygwin: = POSIX on=20 Windows__
>Cygwin=20 Newbies: <">http://www.f= reeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>;
>      __Minimalist = GNU for=20 Windows__
> Mingw32 List: <">http://www.egroupscom/gro= up/mingw32/>;
>  Mingw = Home:=20 <">http://www.mingw.org/>;
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You = Yahoo!?
>Send instant = messages=20 & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger.
>http://im.yahoo.com/
>
>--
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>Send a=20 message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com


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