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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:03:17 +1000
From: Wes Barris <wes DOT barris AT csiro DOT au>
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 > > From: Jeenu V
 > > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 02:48
 > > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
 > > Subject: Re: Man pages garbled in 1.7.1
 > >
 > > I'm now using UTF-8 encoding on PuTTYCyg and the man pages look fine.
 > > Could
 > > somebody tell me how to search for '-' on the man page, so that I can
 > > quickly jump to a known command option?
 > >
 > > --
 > > :J
 >
 > The problem is how to enter the Unicode MINUS sign, which man is using
 > for the option prefix. The code point for this character (in decimal)
 > is 8722, so press ALT and from the NUM-LOCKed keypad enter 8 7 2 2, then
 > press Enter.
 >
 > --Ken Nellis

This is probably a stupid question but here goes:

What is it about UTF-8 that requires a UNICODE minus sign to be used
in place of an ASCII minus sign?  Normal ASCII characters are used
in man pages -- why not a normal ASCII minus sign?  Is the use of
a UNICODE minus sign solving more problems than it creates?

Just curious.

-- 
Wes

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