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From: "B. K. Oxley (binkley)" <binkley AT alumni DOT rice DOT edu>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:29:39 -0600
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Subject: Re: man produces ESC
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:09:39 -0800 Steve Kelem <s_kelem AT pacbell DOT net>
wrote in <3FC28FB3 DOT 6060702 AT pacbell DOT net>:
> Problem 1:
> When I run "man man", all the escape sequences show up in less (version 381):
> ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m
> man - format and display the on=line manual pages

I too have this problem as of Ded 13.  Is there some fix I can apply? 
This problem makes man almost useless.  I pipe through col to help, but
it only does so much.


Cheers,
--binkley

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