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Subject: Re: Man pages garbled in 1.7.1
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On Jan 19 15:03, Wes Barris wrote:
> > > 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?

I guess, if you ask the man developer, "it seemed to be a good idea
way back when".

I think we could really need a new man package.
Volker, is there a chance you could update the package?


Corinna

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